Say something. They won't call him again if there are better options.
Everything is done online. Teachers submit a sub request and whoever sees the request can nab it. We almost never have the same sub for my class because nobody else knows how to sign anyway. But yeah, good point.
That seems bizarre to me that there is no way to prioritize. There must be a way to take him off the list if enough people have questions about him.
That seems bizarre to me that there is no way to prioritize. There must be a way to take him off the list if enough people have questions about him.
Actually, yes we are able to have a list of who we would like to sub for us. For me, it's difficult since it really doesn't matter who subs because they're not going to be able to actually teach sign language.
But I can see if there's a way to prevent someone from picking up the job if we feel that the person isn't a good fit. I'll talk with the principal and see what he thinks about the situation.
We have a similar system, and I am definitely able to block subs from picking up my job. This became extremely important to me after I had a sub looking at porn while subbing for me.
Post by littlepeanut on May 1, 2014 10:29:48 GMT -5
This was forever ago, but I reported it to admin, and blocked him myself as well. I don't think he subbed again in our school. However, his mom was a higher up in the district, and I just recently noticed that he has a job teaching fifth grade in another district. Gross.
Ok I guess I should say something, it's just that I'm not sure how much of the complaints are true. Students always have something to say about the sub teachers, it seems.
I'd say to your principal that you know students tend to exaggerate as well as have an innate desire to complain about substitutes, but you felt this scenario was a big enough deal to mention something to him. There may have been an extenuating circumstance that was necessary for him to be on the phone (I guess?), but if every class says the same thing then the sub was obviously too preoccupied and shouldn't have taken the job in the first place.
In districts around us, subs who are well thought of by the teaching staff are first in line for newly opened teaching positions. Glad you said something!