The Substitute Teaching Survival Guide, Grades 6-12: Emergency Lesson Plans and Essential Advice

by John Dellinger

When substitute teachers are assigned to a classroom, they often have no directions, no lessons plans, no information and little hope of success. The Substitute Teaching Survival Guide offers substitute (and regular) teachers of grades 6-12 a welcome resource for planning and implementing a productive day of student learning. The Substitute Teaching Survival Guide is filled with helpful suggestions and tips for maintaining order in the classroom and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787974110
• ISBN13: 9780787974114
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 10.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Substitute Teaching Survival Guide

This book has many specific suggestions and good lesson plans. I found it very useful!

Fairly useful

This book is divided into two sections. The first is advice for substitute teachers. It is very useful if you are a brand new sub and have never taught before. The second section is sample lesson plans, in case the teacher doesn't leave you one. I have a couple problems with the plans, in that most of the classes in my district are block periods, whereas these are set up to be 45-50 minutes. You could do a couple of them, but I have the feeling that the kids would be bored and quit paying attention to you. They also seem irrelevant to me, unless you were able to find a plan that fit in with where the class was at the time. I think a better backup substitute plan would be an age-appropriate video, and then use this book if you can't use the video. I realize that it is better to teach the kids something, but sometimes you gotta cut your losses. If the class is unruly a video is going to work a lot better than plans from this book. However, it is definitely a resource that I bring with me just in case, and since it's not too expensive, I think it's a worthwhile investment for a new substitute teacher.

Great resource!

Very useful for grades 6-12. It is easy to get to what you need quickly.

Substitute Teaching Survival Guide

This book has been a wonderful suppliment to my substitute teaching. The options are fabulous and I always take this book with me to every secondary subbing job I have. Also included in this book is a number of emergency lesson plans. I haven't needed them yet, but it's comforting knowing that they are available to me. This book also helped me design my disciplinary actions and how I introduce myself to the students. Subbing has become easier and organized. I feel it's a valuable book for any substitute teacher. It certainly helped me make every subbing job successful.