Transcript Substitutes: Make Their Day

Goal
 To provide information about training and support of
substitutes/guest teachers working in MYD schools.
 To provide an opportunity to answer questions and
share ideas regarding substitutes and MYD
This is not an ad for Pepto Bismol
 Nausea
 Heartburn
 Indigestion
 Upset stomach
 Diarrhea
These are reasons to call Sub Services.
Substitutes, Visiting Teachers,
Guest Teachers
However we refer to them…we need
their help.
How many of us have worked when
we have been sick?
What is helpful?
 Provide a substitute folder. The folder would include
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information about school procedures.
It would also include MYD reminders and information
to implement the program in the classroom.
It is important for a guest teacher to know that MYD
schools may have different procedures, point
values,etc.
Sometimes an administrator or their designee will
introduce the guest teacher to the class.
You never know…..
From a Substitute’s Perspective
I would like to…
 Accomplish as much of the lesson plan as possible
 Maintain timelines
 Remember to send students to their support classes
 Make it through the day
 Treat the students with dignity and respect
This is what to say and do…..
“Hello, my name is________________. Let me tell you
how you can make your day today.
 Ask the students if they know what Step 1 is.
 Ask them if they know who decides if they go.
 Ask them where the Step takes place.
 Ask them to demonstrate. (This may work better at
the lower grades.)
The Invitation
 Larger districts send a letter to guest teachers inviting
them to the training.
 When signing up at Sub Services, the guest teacher is
informed that there will be a MYD training.
 If the school is small a phone call may work best.
 Some districts have made it a requirement in order to
sub in that district.
Training
 In a larger district trainings may be held twice during
the school year, at the beginning and right after the
winter break.
 Plan for about an hour.
Consistency
District Training
 Teaches MYD to the
participants in the purest
form.
School
 Provides consistency at the
building level taking into
consideration the nuances
that exist on the campus.
Schools handle things in different ways.
 Grade level assist
 Students go to a different class after Step one or two.
 Some veteran subs do Step 4 Conferences.
 Substitutes may not always address student to student
Concerns.
 Point values may be different from school to school.
What if the guest teacher can’t handle
the class and loses it?
Sub Chart
 It gives the guest teacher some direction about
behaviors that are interfering and the appropriate
Step.
 Sometimes the substitute needs to vent. Don’t we all?
The bottom line?
 Consistency