I remember entering the class of a super-organized teacher. She'd seen me around and had a negative attitude towards me, probably because I was a "sub." However, the day came when I had to cover her class. I entered the room and open my brief case, took out my name tag and binder. Immediately, her attitude changed. "I see you are prepared," she said and I saw her visibly relax. At the end of the day, when I left the room neat with all the materials collated with a report, her attitude changed. From that point on, she was happy to have me cover her class and treated me with the respect I deserved.
My substitute binder is an important part of my tool kit. It is small and neat and has my name and Google telephone number on it (will explain Google number later). I do not want my toolkit to be to heavy or bulky. If it does not fit in my briefcase, it does not go. Okay, back to the topic at hand. My 10 tab binder is where I put forms, ideas and plans that I think I will need for the day. The 10 tabs are labelled as follows:
- Activities (classroom activity ideas)
- Assessment (Rubrics)
- Behavior (essays, worksheets and data recording of student behavior)
- Chart (seating charts)
- Gen'l (emergency lesson plan ideas, differentiated instruction, articles on thinking question development)
- Math (instruction techniques and ideas)
- Reading (same as above)
- Science (same)
- Social Studies (same)
- Printables
There's More
I also have my 8.5 x 11 name tag to put on the board or on the front of the desk and other cards with instructions and directions. This is because (as I said before) I do not like starting the day by turning my back to students writing on the board. And finally, I have my FAQ from my educational service for which I work for quick reference. I check my binder and update it regularly. I add and take away items as needed as part of preparation for an assignment. For example, I am going to add a self assessment for a class I am supervising over the next few days.
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