Substitute+Folder+Ideas

Placement 1 During my kindergarten placement, my teacher had to leave early at one point but she didn't need to have a substitute come in because of the fact that she already has a paraprofessional placed in her room;
 * The paraprofessional already knows classroom procedures since she is involved in the class each day
 * The main teacher still wrote out an outline for her to refer to for the rest of the day.
 * The teacher kept it as close to their usual schedule as possible with little modifications.
 * I thought a great idea to use for a substitute day is to have the class do unfinished work that the teacher didn't have time to finish up or that the students took longer than one class period to complete.

Placement 2

 * My teacher had to leave for a doctor's appointment one day, and she teaches a resource class for 3rd and 5th graders.
 * The teacher had a couple of the students stay in their regular classroom so that the paraprofessional that was going to be covering her class, wouldn't have to worry about teaching very much at the last minute.
 * For the few students that the paraprofessional would be seeing, the teacher made a list of what to have the students to, which was to review their site words and record their results.
 * Sight word knowledge is recorded weekly, so having the substitute work on this task made it a little easier on the teacher to know that she had one less thing to worry about within the week.
 * The teacher was out for three days and she left a typed of list of things to do for each day
 * The list was organized by time period, age group, and subject

Important items to include in a substitute folder:

 * List of allergies students may have
 * Seating chart
 * Roll of students
 * Classroom discipline plan
 * Bathroom Procedures
 * Class Schedule
 * List of students with disabilities
 * Ideas for downtime, such as books to read
 * Specify off limit areas for students
 * Directions for in-case of emergency, and evacuation plans
 * Lock down procedures
 * Worksheets for each subject area
 * Procedures for student computer usage
 * Behavior expectations, and steps to take such as moving clips
 * A format for the substitute to fill out about the day's experience for the teachers return
 * A paper that lists the school's: phone number, address, fax number, email, and teacher's contact information