044. How to Write Sub Plans During a Pandemic

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🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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With so much uncertainty right now, we have to think about the what-ifs. What if we get sick? What if we have to quarantine? The majority of schools are asking teachers to plan for those what-ifs and create sub plans that can last from anywhere between 5-10 days. To help you with this process, we’ve come up with 10 tips on how to write sub plans during a pandemic. TIPS FOR WRITING SUB PLANS DURING A PANDEMIC Tip #1: Have materials in an easy to find location in your room (make this obvious!) Tip #2: Put your plans in a Google Drive folder and share with teammates/admin for easy access Tip #3: Have a list of typical routines and procedures that you use when teaching Tip #4: Have a recorded lesson ready to go that can be used at any time Tip #5: Develop a Flow for for each block of teaching Tip #6: Schedule assignments ahead of time on your LMS so if you’re out, they are ready to go! Tip #7: Have a list of student information readily available Tip #8: Try to find a sub that is familiar with your school/students Tip #9: Keep easy to use (theme) extras in your sub area Tip #10: Consider sprinkling your students to other classes SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. Click here to subscribe to iTunes! Now if you’re feeling extra loving, We would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other people find our podcast and they’re also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

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0:00.0	Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your hosts, Bridget Spackman and Michelle Farray, and we are here to make
0:06.9	your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.
0:13.0	So listen, guys, I think right now, while we're teaching in a pandemic, it's really important that we
0:19.7	get our subplans in order. So today we're going to be
0:23.3	sharing 10 tips for writing some plans during a pandemic, whether you are teaching in person
0:30.1	or virtual. But first, let's hear from Cassidy. Cassidy's TSAH or time-sucking hurdle is trying to plan for every possible
0:40.0	situation for this school year. We feel you, Cassidy. I'm trying to be patient and wait for my
0:45.3	district to decide if we will be all digital or half in person and half digital, but my brain is
0:51.0	overloading as I consider every possible course of action.
0:54.8	It is hard for me to accept that I am out of control and just need to take a step back and work
0:59.6	on what I can control. Cassidy, we feel you. We're all in the same boat. And hopefully today's
1:05.9	episode will help with just a little piece of that, you know, subplans. It's not something major,
1:10.5	but hopefully it will help ease some of that, you know, subplans. It's not something major, but hopefully
1:11.3	it will help ease some of that anxiety surrounding the unknown. Yeah, and I think this year is going to be
1:18.6	so different when it comes to subplans, because let's be honest, one of us, any of us,
1:25.5	could get sick at any time. And from what I'm hearing, it could almost take you out
1:30.8	for an entire month. Am I right, Michelle? Yeah, I feel like I've heard an average of like two weeks,
1:37.0	but I've also heard such different things. I've heard where some people get it and it doesn't
1:40.8	affect them that bad and it's almost just like a cold and then other people it
1:44.2	really really affects them so again so many unknown things there's so many different unknown so
1:50.0	we have to be able to adapt now i know michelle is teaching virtual but she has a honeymoon that
1:55.6	she's going to be coming up to a pretty pretty soon oh my cannot wait. It's so exciting. I could just see her with
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