Best Substitute Teacher Tips!

[@helenmarie01]

This was really helpful, and those dogs are so freaking adorable! Thank you!!

[@oliviaoutman]

I’m so glad you found it helpful!!! Thank you, my dogs are my babiessss🥹🤍

[@NTGreekGal]

Awww your dog and her pink bone is adorable!

[@oliviaoutman]

Thank you🥹 we take our toys very seriously over here lol!

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

Found your video looking for tips for subbing. I'm going to start subbing this fall and I am excited! Then I saw you have videos on endo and a laparoscopic surgery. I have endo too and had a surgery. I'm SO sorry you also have endo. It sucks.....

[@oliviaoutman]

I hope subbing goes so well and that both my endo and subbing videos have been relatable and helpful!!!🤍

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

@@oliviaoutman Thank you so much!!

[@madisonrosenthal1]

this is very helpful!! thank you!! would love to more of this content!

[@oliviaoutman]

Of course! Anything in particular you would like to see?

[@yeasinshahin2874]

Very good video for learning about substitute paraprofessional service

[@oliviaoutman]

Thank you! I hope you found it helpful!

[@raven_vibez5216]

thank you for the input continue to make more tip videos

[@oliviaoutman]

Of course, let me know if you have anything else you would like tips on!!!

[@LCompere]

Great info!!

[@oliviaoutman]

Thank you!

[@ashantishaeee]

Thank you for this video. I’m starting in August .

[@oliviaoutman]

Ahhh!!! I’m so excited for you! I hope it goes SO great🤍

[@miajoyce11]

Great ideas. Thanks

[@oliviaoutman]

Thanks for watching!

[@teachloveinspire561]

Great tips!

[@oliviaoutman]

Thanks!

[@bnmce123]

Very helpful ideas! Just a quick question. When you pick a Mystery item to clean up and you give a prize, is it a sticker that you talked about earlier in the video or do you have other prizes that you use?

[@oliviaoutman]

It depends! Sometimes teachers have prizes that they want you to give out. Other times I used my stickers, or came in with other small things. The option is totally up to you!

[@Paula-cl5np]

I love this! SO helpful

[@oliviaoutman]

Yay! I’m glad!

[@TopazHachet]

I love have you break down everything im becoming a sub myself and this video was helpful

[@oliviaoutman]

I hope it goes well!!!

[@CherieNorquay]

How you award the stickers? At the end of the day or at the end of a subject? Do you cut them apart when you get them on a page?

[@oliviaoutman]

It really is just dependent upon the situation and the kids! I normally wait until the end of the day, if I feel like it will be a distraction. I also don’t cut the page, I just take the sticker off and let the student decide if they want to stick it to a paper, their coat, their folder, etc.

[@ghungru2011]

Where do you stick the stickers that you give to the kids?

[@oliviaoutman]

I normally let them decide! Sometimes they choose to stick it to their folder, a paper, their jacket, etc.

[@johnshafer7214]

I've been doing this for 5 years.

[@oliviaoutman]

Awesome! Do you work with all ages, or specific grades?

[@johnshafer7214]

@@oliviaoutman mostly high school and middle school. However, I do sub in the elementary school if needed. I love subbing for math and science.

[@oliviaoutman]

@johnshafer7214 nice! Middle school can be really tough, so I’m glad someone like you exists to help with those ages! I’d say that’s my most challenging age to work with!

[@ShikaAracely]

​@johnshafer7214 really? Tomorrow is my first day, I'm nervous! Hopefully everything goes well

[@johnshafer7214]

@@ShikaAracely just take it a step at a time. The more you get into the classroom, the better it becomes. I wish you the very best. I started back subbing last week.

[@elizabethvizcaino8056-p3t]

How can you become a permanent substitute?

[@oliviaoutman]

I would reach out to the schools in your area and see if they are looking for one!

[@aarontoalet]

I don't miss subbing at all. The pay sucked. You worked almost as much as the teachers. And the students didn't respect you. Being a teacher is so much better now. (Oh and incentives don't work on high schoolers)

[@oliviaoutman]

I’m definitely excited to see the difference between subbing and teaching. Respect is something I feel like many kids are struggling with towards any authority figures right now. I feel like this is honestly because not a lot of adults show respect to each other anymore😢 I never have tried incentives with high schoolers, I just tried really hard to work on relationships!

[@aarontoalet]

@@oliviaoutman My number 1 struggle was being too friendly with the students. I guess I was scared they would hate me. I was afraid to be stern. My next year, that is my focus. Any recommendations?

[@oliviaoutman]

@user-nk5bw8ml4z it absolutely varies from kid to kid and classroom to classroom! With high school, I always laid my expectations out at the beginning of class and let them know what the teacher wanted from them as well. If students chose to not get their work done, that was on them and they could deal with the homework later! I think connecting with the kids and being friendly, allows them to gain respect for you and learn to listen. It took some time (and didn’t work with every student), but I noticed that more kids would approach me or stay around me as the year progressed. It doesn’t all happen in a day! I also tried to remember my experience in high school and the subs I loved vs the ones that were not my fav! Lastly, I wasn’t afraid to write down names, or call the office, if it came down to it. There is a fine line between being nice and being a pushover :)

[@aarontoalet]

@@oliviaoutman Thank you! Hope you have a great day.

[@allanwise4898]

Huge insentive eating with the principal🙄for good behavior. Bad behavior lunch with your friends .?😂🤦‍♂️

[@oliviaoutman]

Hahaha I know! I feel like it used to be the other way around when I was in school!