Substitute Teaching

[LWolf]

20. Charter schools often

don't have the same agenda. If you can avoid it, don't work for them.

Frankly, I've taught for decades, and I am not a good fit for traditional classrooms, either. Fortunately, I'm good enough at what I do that my families and principals have valued my work, but I know what it's like to be "not a good fit."

Are you trying to get a regular license and job, or do you want to remain in the sub pool? Frankly, we can never get enough good subs, and when we do, they move on to permanent positions all too soon.

At my current school, we tend to try to build relationships with subs, and use the same people repeatedly; my go-to sub is in the building almost every day; she knows the students, the schedules, the routines, the expectations, and we can hand off to her without missing a beat. That might be something to try.