Being a daily sub in a district with schools with little or no support available to subs…
is starting to take a toll on my mental health. Especially after my sub assignment yesterday. I had to cover for multiple teachers who had to attend meetings. The last class that I had took the cake. Students hitting each other, shoving each other, not doing their assignments, being disrespectful towards me, yelling and so much more. There was an aide in the classroom, but she did absolutely NOTHING to help me manage the behaviors of the classroom. I wrote a note to the teacher, the students were so nosy, that I had to leave it in her mailbox in the main office so they wouldn’t steal it off her desk.
No matter what techniques I tried, absolutely nothing worked. One of the top worst days of subbing which I have ever experienced. While I have the option to not return, I’m running out of schools closest to me to add to my “do not return” list.
The other schools (I work in a large district), would require me to travel 30+ minutes to work and back. I just need another job, but the job market is some garbage now. I work for Kelly Education also, so that doesn’t help.