On Wednesday, I got a call asking if I could substitute.  I definitely said yes because up to this point, I had only subbed for three days and this was the fifth week of school!  And so yesterday, I substituted for my friend whose father is dying of Cancer.  During the day, I got a text asking me if I could do multiple days – his dad had died.  I said yes.  He met me after school to go over lesson plans for the next three days.  My friend was happy that his dad died quickly, rather than something that was long and drawn-out.  Now he had to do funeral arrangements and stuff.  I now have his class until Monday.

Well, today, I got a call from the district asking if I could do a long-term sub.  When it rains it pours!  Of course I said yes!  I’ll be teaching English and American Government for the next 60 days (at least).  I was hoping that it was something other than American Government for the History side of things, but this is also a “remedial” class (SDAIE), so it should be pretty structured.  The other four classes are (2) English – 1, which is basic Freshman English, and (2) “Oral Composition,” which is an elective speech and debate class.  I get dropped into these five classes without any prep or lesson plans.  I think it’s going to be rough, but I will certainly learn a lot!

Doing this long-term sub should befriend me to the district; the district I want to be in… and hopefully the High School as well.  Should a job open up, I stand a much better chance of being considered if I do this job well.