Last Thursday was the first day of school. I only got one gig for Friday.
But, it was at the continuation high school, so instead of it being the second day of school, it was their 18th.
And while things are usually pretty slow this time of year, I have noticed that I've been missing a lot of assignments. Alerts keep popping up on my phone, but by the time I check, the assignment is gone. I mean, I immediately check, and someone has already grabbed it. That quick.
I miss the old-fashioned sub caller. I was at the top of her call list, so I got first pick. Ah, technology...
When I checked in to the office that Friday, I got a chance to talk to the site secretary. She said they've been getting a lot of brand new subs at the school.
Apparently, the district hired 50 new subs.
On the one hand, that's great. You might have noticed from my posts last school year that things were very busy for us subs. We need the extra help so more teachers are covered on the daily. (So many teachers were period subbed so frequently last year. That is a bad thing.)
(One of the reasons the district was so short of subs last year was due to the pay. They finally gave us raises--which has been nice--so they've been able to attract more subs to the district, too.)
But right now that means a lot of people for few gigs.
Although, the newbie subs have been driving the staff crazy. They haven't been taking attendance. They've let the kiddos get away with things they shouldn't have. And they've been nervous.
I remember being a newbie sub. This stuff will pass. They'll get better. Or they'll quit.
Or, they'll stop going to the continuation high school, and I'll pick up those jobs.
Things might be slow for a bit. But they'll pick up. They always do.
(I might do more weeks like this one--where I write about one subbing day over three posts. Hey, it's better than me telling you about what I'm watching on TV.)
