Showing posts with label year end stats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label year end stats. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

School Year End Stats Post

The last day of school has passed. Last week I finished up the last posts of the school year. And now it's time to reflect on the year that was by tallying up all the classes I covered. (This is a very dry post, so no worries if you want to skip it.) My previous years are linked at the bottom, for comparison. 

There are 180 days in the school year. I worked 161 of them. That's... low... It's down from last year's 173 days and way down from my all-time high of 177 days. But, the district hired more subs so jobs were a bit harder to get, and I had only one long term assignment at the beginning of the school year. It's nowhere near my lowest totals, back when I was a newbie sub. So, meh. It makes it easier to do better next year. 

This total does not include the day I worked summer school at the adult transition center in June nor the three days I worked at the continuation high school in July before the official first day of school. I also worked one day of teacher prep for that vacant art class I started the school year in. 

I worked 84 days at the high school level, 69 days at the middle school level, and 4 at the adult transition center. I only caught one day at the alternative education center, and that will be my last as I heard that they're closing the school. I only worked 3 days at the continuation high school, but I had to stop going there for much of the spring semester for reasons (which I haven't blogged about, but probably will explain eventually). 

10 of those days I covered an extra class while a different 10 of those days I covered a teacher who did not have a prep period. 

I worked both the first day of school and the last. Woo-hoo! (I did a happy dance when I caught a last day of school assignment. It's been a few years since I managed to work both in the same school year.)

Now on to the specifics. But first, some definitions. 

Most teachers do not teach the same class all day. An English teacher might have a period of ninth grade and two periods of eleventh grade. So, when I say "partial day", I mean that I covered at least one or maybe two periods of that subject. When I say "full day", the teacher taught one specific class all day (like biology). An extra period assignment is when I covered a different teacher on the prep period of the teacher I was booked to cover for the day. 

Each subject is listed with three numbers: 5/2/1. The first number is for a "full day". The second number is for a "partial day". And the third number is for an "extra period assignment". 

  • My winner (of the core subjects) is, of course, English (like it is almost every year) with 25/11/3. 
    • In first place is freshman English at 2/8/0.
    • Next is sophomore English at 1/8/1.
    • In third place, eighth grade English at 5/2/1.
    • Then, following, junior English at 0/7/0.
    • And the rest, in no particular order: 
      • Seventh grade: 0/5/0
      • Senior English: 2/3/0
      • English language development: 0/7/0 (which is for students who are learning English. It's generally taught by the same teacher who teaches their core English class, so it's not surprising there's no full day for this.)
      • Creative writing: 0/2/0 (which is an English elective. The teachers who teach this only have one period of it.)
      • Journalism: 0/1/0 (which is only one period a day. I haven't caught this class in several years.) 
      • Yearbook: 0/1/0
      • Supervising the writing center: 0/0/1. The writing center is new. It's a place where the kiddos can go if they need help with an essay or such. 
  • In second place is math with 6/27/0. Why all the partial days? Many of them were for special ed teachers who also do a period in the learning center. Or there's one math teacher who also teaches computer science (who I did a long-term assignment for two years ago). 
    • Winning the math is, of course, IM2 or integrated math 2 (which is sophomore math which was probably geometry when you were in school) at 0/11/0. Which tracks. Mr. J, the teacher I did the long-term for, and his co-teacher Ms. L were the teachers I covered, and neither of them only has IM2 on their schedules.
    • Business math (math for juniors or seniors who aren't college bound): 0/8/0. Ms. L co-taught one of those classes, plus I subbed for Ms. C a couple times (who Ms. L co-taught with). 
    • IM1 (read: freshman math or algebra 1): 2/5/0
    • And the rest are tied:
      • Seventh grade math: 0/5/0
      • Eighth grade math: 0/5/0
      • IM3 (read: algebra 2): 0/5/0
      • And finally, statistics: 0/1/0
  • In third place, social studies with 12/9/1.
    • 10th grade world history: 1/6/1
    • 8th grade U.S. history: 0/4/0
    • 12th grade government: 2/1/0
    • 12th grade economics: 2/1/0
    • 11th grade U.S. history: 1/2/0
    • 7th grade world history: 1/1/0
    • 9th grade geography: 0/1/0
    • 11th grade U.S. history, ethnic studies: 0/1/0
    • AP African-American studies: 0/1/0
  • And rounding out the core subjects: science with 7/4/3.
    • 7th grade: 2/1/0
    • Chemistry (10th grade): 2/1/0
    • 8th grade: 2/0/0
    • Biology (9th grade): 0/2/1
    • Health (9th grade): 0/1/0
    • Earth Science: 0/1/0
    • Forensics: 1/0/0
    • Environmental science: 0/1/1
    • Intro to Health Care Careers: 0/0/1
  • Next on the list of subjects is special ed, although this isn't necessarily a subject. These classes overlap with the above. If I covered a co-teacher, I tallied the subject (English/math) as well as here. If I covered a "special day class" (SDC), I tallied the subject and here. This is why these numbers are high: 41/5/1.
  • My art totals are high due to the vacant class I started the school year in: 30/3/0
    • Under the art umbrella are also digital media art: 4/0/0
    • Photography: 1/0/0
    • Ceramics: 1/0/0
  • World languages: 
    • Spanish: 6/1/2
    • French: 4/0/0
    • Mandarin: 1/0/0
  • Computers: 4/3/0
    • Computer science: 1/2/0
    • Graphic art: 1/1/0
    • eSports: 2/0/0
  • Leadership: 0/4/0. The teachers who cover the student government classes don't cover that all day. They teach other subjects as well. 
    • ASB: 0/2/0
    • WEBS (middle school leadership): 0/1/0
    • Link Crew: 0/1/0
  • And then a miscellaneous category for those classes that don't fit anywhere else: 
    • CTE (career and technical education): 2/0/0
    • AVID: 0/1/0
    • Success: 4/9/0
    • Woodshop: 4/1/0
    • Culinary: 1/0/0
    • Credit recovery: 0/8/0
    • Drama: 0/1/0
    • PE: 0/1/0
    • Athletics: 0/2/0
    • Film studies: 0/1/0
    • Roving: 1/0/0

Whew. Yeah. I get around. 

When people ask me what I teach, I never know how to answer. I substitute. For what? Whatever they need me for. And if the questioner drills down, I still can't give a simple answer. "A bit of everything." Because, yeah. I cover just about everything. If not this year, then last year or next year. 

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

The Numbers This Year

It's that time again. This is the post that took an entire school year to complete. My subbing stories all led to this: all the classes I covered this past school year. (I do this post for me. I understand if you don't want to wade through all this data.) 

There are 180 days in the school year. I worked 173 of them. This is up from last year's total of 166, but not quite at my all-time high of 177. Having long-term assignments helped there, especially as I started the year in a long-term, so those first couple weeks, usually a slow time, were booked. 

This total does not include the two days of prep time they allowed me before the beginning of the school year. (As I was opening a seventh grade science class, I asked for and was granted prep time to set up. Which was sorely needed and so very much appreciated.) I didn't catch any other summer school classes. 

I worked 100 days in high school classes, 66 days in middle school classes, and 5 days at the continuation high school (3 of those in the last two weeks of school). I only covered one day at the adult transition center and one day at the alternative education center. 

9 of those days I covered an extra class (including the choir class when the school got notified about the death of a student), and 6 of those classes didn't have a prep period. I used to get a whole lot of these extra classes, but since moving to a block schedule (and after the severe sub shortage of Covid), the schools use the full-time teachers for these more. Part of me misses the extra pay, the other part likes not having to cover classes on prep periods all the time. 

I did work the first day of school, but I did not work the last. 

Before I get to the specifics, some definitions. A "full day" means that's a class I covered all that day. A "partial day" means the teacher taught more than one kind of class (like an English teacher having two periods of 11th grade and one period of 10th). An "extra period" is where I left the class I was covering to cover a different teacher. 

Each subject is listed with three numbers, like 3/8/1. The first number is for a "full day", the second for a "partial day", and the third is for an "extra period". 

  • My big winner for this year is English, of course. As it is pretty much every year. (Last year's 3rd place finish was an anomaly.) 45/0/2
    • Most classes covered: ELD (English language development) with 0/34/0. Not really surprising as the long term English class had two periods of this, plus the other ELD classes I picked up along the way. It seems that no English teacher only teaches ELD.
    • For 2nd place, again, no surprise: 11th grade 0/31/0. Because the long term was 11th grade the rest of the time.
    • 3rd place is: 8th grade 3/0/0
    • The rest in no particular order:
      • 7th grade 1/3/0
      • 9th grade 1/2/1
      • 10th grade 1/2/1
      • 12th grade 0/2/0
      • Study skills 0/0/1 (taught by an English teacher, so housed under English)
  • 2nd place, unsurprisingly, goes to science. I opened the school year with a long-term assignment in science, so I'd've been surprised if it wasn't in the top three this year. 41/4/1
    • As the long term was 7th grade science, 7th grade science is the most worked 31/5/1
    • The other classes are negligible, so in no special order:
  • I'm going to list math next, even though math and social studies... Well, you'll see. Math 21/27/0
    • IM2 (integrated math 2) is the big winner here, due to two different classes, one vacant, one not 7/31/0
    • Then IM1 0/14/0
    • 7th grade 0/8/0
    • 8th grade 1/4/0
    • Math analysis 0/1/0
    • Statistics 0/6/0
  • I'm listing social studies last, even though it's kind of a tie with math. That special ed long-term I did for the vacant class was both math and social studies. 12/24/1
    • 10th grade world history wins here as it was the topic of the classes in the long-term 0/21/0
    • 8th grade U.S. history is next 1/13/0
    • Geography (one of the classes in the three weeks' assignment in January) 1/9/0
    • 7th grade world history 0/5/1
    • 11th grade U.S. history 0/1/0
    • Psychology (which I list here as it's usually taught by social studies teachers, as it was in this case) 0/6/0
  • Special ed is next. Many of these days overlap with the above as I might cover the special ed co-teacher in a math class (where I also count that as a math day). Or, as was the case in February, I might be covering an SDC world history class. 31/3/2
  • The rest are the various elective classes, in no particular order:
    • Computer classes 1/2/0, with business (read: typing and such) 1/0/0 and graphic arts (doing art on the computer) 0/2/0
    • Art 2/0/0, including photography 1/0/0 (the basic usual drawing class is just plain art). 
    • AVID (advancement via individual determination) 0/1/0
    • Success 0/1/0
    • Credit recovery 0/2/0
    • CTE (career and technical education) 3/1/1 (there are a couple classes that were hard to classify, so they ended up here). 
    • Woodshop 0/2/0
    • Auto shop 1/0/0
    • Spanish 1/0/0
    • French 6/0/0
    • Athletics (any sport) 0/3/0
    • Music (only choir this year) 1/0/1 (I'd list band under this umbrella too, but no band classes covered this year).
    • TV/Video production 0/2/0
    • Leadership 0/5/0, which includes ASB 0/1/0, WEB (middle school "we all belong") 0/1/0, and Link Crew (older students mentor younger students) 0/1/0
    • And one roving day 1/0/0

That's another year in the books. Now it's time to enjoy my summer break. 

And here's the stats from previous years:

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

My School Year in Review

School is out for the summer. So, now it's time for my annual look back at my school year by the numbers. That is, what classes did I cover this year? 

Before I get into the minutiae, I'll start with the overview...

There are 180 days in the school year. I worked for 166 of them. This is down from last year's 174 and the prior year's all time high of 177. Most of those days were just days where nothing was available. (Somehow my sick days coincided with vacations and weekends.) This is good as that means there are enough subs to go around. But that means that catching gigs has been a bit more tricky. Still, that's a good all around total for the year.

This total does not include the two days I covered at the continuation high school before the school year began. As I did not catch any summer school gigs, those were the only two "summer" gigs I got. After the past couple years where I did work a lot in the summer, it was kind of nice to get more of a break.

I worked 117 days in high school classes, 41 days in middle school classes, only 3 days at the continuation high school, and 5 days at the alternative education center. (3 days at the continuation high school? Yikes. I was barely there at all.) 

16 of those days I covered a different class on my prep period, and 3 of those days the teacher didn't have a prep. That is so way down from previous years, it's crazy. But there's a reason for that. The schools went on a block schedule. There are fewer periods in a school day. Also, they've established a spreadsheet for teachers to sign up for extra periods, which they do (as they get paid extra for it). So, less need for that coverage. It's good as I often get to leave campus early. But, there are fewer opportunities to make an extra hour's pay on a school day.

I did not work the first day of school, but I did work the last.

Next are the specifics. I tallied the days by subject. A "full day" means I only covered that subject that day. A "partial day" means I covered more than one subject. So, if I covered two periods of math and one period of computer science, I tallied partial days of both math and computer science. If I covered two periods of math 7 and one period of math 8, I covered a full day of math, but only partial days of math 7 and math 8.

Each subject will be listed with three numbers: 3/6/1. The first number is for a "full day". The second for a "partial day". And the third is for an "extra period". Those are classes where I went to a different room and covered a class for a different teacher than the one I was contracted to cover for the rest of the day.

  • My big winner for the year: social studies. 47/3/0 Why? I did that long term assignment in November/December.
    • Government: 0/33/0. Mr. B had government on both of his block days, but he didn't only teach government.
    • U.S. history: 0/27/0. This had a similar distribution for Mr. B's classes. 
    • Economics: 0/14/0. Mr. B taught one period of this, so that's why I have half the classes.
    • 8th grade U.S. history: 4/7/0
    • 7th grade world history: 5/2/0
    • World history: 1/3/1
    • Geography: 1/2/0
  • In second place, math. Again, that total is mostly due to my long term from March/April (and some of May). As it was math and computer science, all of these days were "partial". 16/45/1
    • Integrated math 2 (10th grade math--formerly geometry): 1/44/1. Mr. J only had IM2 classes, so this tracks.
    • 7th grade: 6/3/0. Some of this is from those two weeks in Ms. M's class at the end of February.
    • 8th grade: 5/2/0. Same as 7th grade.
    • Integrated math 3 (11th grade math--formerly algebra 2): 0/1/0
    • Trigonometry, Calculus, and Statistics: each 0/1/0. Likely this was the same teacher. The "higher" math tends to be taught by one teacher, one period of each. 
    • Surprisingly, I did not once cover integrated math 1 (9th grade math, formerly algebra 1). That is very, very odd. 
  • In third place is English, which usually takes the top spot, but with my long terms, it got knocked down here. 31/6/0
    • 9th grade: 8/14/0. These are mostly from the beginning of the school year when I took over that vacant English class. 
    • ELD (English language development): 0/13/0. Ditto. That vacant English class had one period of ELD, so these are those days.
    • 7th grade: 1/7/0
    • 8th grade: 0/6/1
    • 12th grade: 0/4/0
    • 11th grade: 0/2/1
    • 10th grade: 0/1/0
  • And rounding out the required courses is science at 2/4/5. Considering my long terms, it makes sense that I didn't get to many science classes.
    • 7th grade: 0/2/0
    • 8th grade: 1/1/1
    • Health: 0/1/0
    • Biology: 0/1/1
    • Chemistry: 0/1/1
    • Physics: 0/1/1
    • Anatomy/Physiology: 0/1/0
    • Environmental Science: 0/1/0
    • Intro to Health Careers: 0/0/1
  • Next I'm listing special ed, as these tend to overlap with the above. 43/0/4
    • Special day class: 30/1/1. These were mostly Mr. B's classes. That is, these are special ed classes that are just special ed students. Although, not all, as there were a couple science days and one English/math day that I recall covering.
    • Learning center: 0/6/0. Most special ed teachers have to man the learning center for one period in their schedule. This is just a room where kiddos can come and take tests or get extra help. It's a very easy sub gig.
    • Co-teach: 3/5/0. While all of Mr. J's math classes were co-taught, I only counted this when I was covering the special ed teacher. 
    • Moderate to severe: 5/0/2. These are those days, with the very low kiddos. (I think this is best demonstrated by example.) 
    • BEST: 1/0/1. I'm not sure if this is technically special ed, as it's basically one step above the alternative education center, but I listed it here in my spreadsheet as it needed a location, and this seems to fit it best. 
  • My top elective, is obviously computers. 2/42/1. This was the other half of Mr. J's classes, so...
    • Computer science: 0/42/0
    • CAD (computer aided drafting): 1/0/0
    • BioAnimaker: 0/0/1
    • The numbers don't add up? Yeah, the computer literacy class at the continuation high school is that missing number. I should probably add it as a class under computers. I probably will next year. I added in classes as I encountered them for the first time (see BioAnimaker above). 
  • Art: 5/2/1. I list "art" as the traditional drawing class, but also under this umbrella are
  • Success seminar: 0/1/1
  • AVID: 0/1/0
  • Credit recovery: 0/4/0
  • Spanish: 2/0/0
  • French: 0/0/1
  • Drama: 0/1/0
  • Athletics: 0/1/0
  • Band: 1/0/0
  • ASB: 0/0/1

It's really odd to see so few electives for me. But that's because of those long term assignments. I spent so much time there that I didn't get a chance to hit many of the other classes I usually get to see. That's the trade off. 

That's it for another year of subbing. Who knows what next year will bring?

Previous years' stats:

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

That End of School Year Stats Post

It's that time of year again--the end of the school year. And this is where I list all the various classes I covered this past school year. 

(I do this post for me. I understand if you don't want to wade through all the numbers.)

I did something different this year. I kept my tally on a Google Sheet as opposed to the paper method I've been using since 2012. (If anyone wants details, I can do a separate post next week.) 

There are 180 days in the school year. I worked 174 of them. This is less than my all time high of 177 for last year (but last year was very unusual). Five of those non-worked days occurred in the last two weeks of school (three from the last week and two from the week previous). The other day was a day I took off in September for no good reason.

That total does not include the 19 days (2 professional development and 17 days of class) I did for the summer academy last June, nor does it include the 3 days I worked at the continuation high school the first two weeks of August (one in social studies and two in the computer aided drafting class) before the school year officially began.

I worked 115 days in high school classes, 35 days in middle school classes, 16 days at the continuation high school, 4 1/2 days at the alternative education center, and 3 1/2 days at the adult transition center. (Half days? Yeah, that was an unusual day.) 

On 57 of those days, I covered a different class on my prep period. (That's way up from the last couple years, but it's lower than what was normal in the before times.) Only four of those days I covered for teachers that did not have a prep period.

I did work the first day of school but I did not work the last.

More specifically, the list of classes I covered...

I reworked my definitions a bit this year. "Extra period" is specific to me covering a teacher's class for only one class. A "partial day" is when I covered the teacher for the whole day, but they didn't teach that class for the whole day. (So, "partial day" can be one period or more than one period.) I do way more "partial days" as most teachers don't teach the same thing all day.

So, the numbers listed are: covered full day/covered partial day/covered for an extra period only.

  • As expected, my big "winner" for the year is English (it's almost always English) with 33 whole days, 18 partial days, and 12 extra periods.
    • I covered 10th grade the most at 16 partial days and one extra period. 
    • Then 11th grade comes in 2nd place with 8 whole days, 6 partial days, and 2 extra periods. 
    • Next is ELD (or English language development--classes for students who are learning English) at 3 whole days, 5 partial days, and 2 extra periods.
    • As for the rest of the grades:
      • 7th: 4/3/2
      • 8th: 2/5/2
      • 9th: 2/4/7
      • 12th: 0/6/1
      • Yearbook: one partial day. (That teacher's rest of day was 10th grade English, which is why I'm including the stat here.)
  • The next most covered subject is science. That's not surprising as I did a three-week assignment in chemistry in August/September. I did 31 whole days, 6 partial days, and 6 extra periods.
    • The winner in this subject, naturally, is chemistry with 20 whole days, 2 partial days, and one extra period.
    • Next is biology with one full day, five partial days, and two extra periods.
    • The rest of the science classes:
  • Then comes the social studies classes with 24 whole days, 1 partial day, and 3 extra periods.
    • I've got a thee-way tie for first place here, so I'll just list everything:
  • And math rounds out the required courses with 13 whole days, 5 partial days, and 13 extra periods. 
    • The most covered class here is unsurprising as it's the class all high schoolers must take. Integrated math 1. (It's a combo of algebra and geometry. The harder components of algebra and geometry are a part of integrated math 2.) I had 6 whole days, 7 partial days, and 10 extra periods.
    • As for the rest:
      • 7th grade math: 0/2/0
      • 8th grade math: 1/3/1
      • IM2: 2/0/1
      • IM3: 0/2/1
  • Next I'm listing special ed, but some of these days overlap with the above. The RSP special ed teachers co-teach, so if I covered one of them, I tallied special ed plus the subject co-taught. I had 18 whole days, 1 partial day, and 23 extra periods. 
    • Of those, I co-taught 5 whole days, 3 partial days, and 11 extra periods. (They tend to period sub co-teachers when possible as the other teacher can handle things and we subs are just in for crowd control.)
    • Special day classes (where I was the only teacher and the classes were small) accounted for 5 whole days, 2 partial days, and 3 extra periods.
    • The "severe" classes (these would be days at the adult transition center, but there are also some middle and high school classes) accounted for 4 full days and 7 extra periods. (Teachers who teach the "severe" special ed classes have the same group all day, so partial days don't really happen.) 
    • This is rounded out with "learning center". The learning center is the one period a day when the special ed teacher covers a resource room where the special ed kiddos can go to take a test or work in a different room when needed. This is never a full day, but I covered 7 partial days (meaning on 7 special ed days, one of the classes I covered was this), and 3 extra periods. 
  • Before I get into the electives as a whole, I must note the success seminar class. I covered about a month of it while the teacher was out on "baby bonding" with her 3-month old. That was 19 whole days. I also caught 3 extra periods of this throughout the rest of the school year.
  • And finally, the electives. 
    • Top elective: computer classes with 10 whole days, 5 partial days, and 3 extra periods. What are computer classes?
    • Then comes the art classes with 10 full days, one partial day, and one extra period. Included in this tally is:
    • My third place in electives would be leadership with 9 partial days. Leadership classes are generally a one period commitment for the teacher, and most of those days were for the middle school leadership class I covered while doing those three weeks in April/May for the English teacher finishing up her maternity leave. Then:
    • As for the rest of the electives:
      • Woodshop: 0/3/1
      • Spanish: 6/0/2
      • Drama: 0/0/2
      • Athletics: 0/1/0
      • Music: 1/0/2
      • TV/Video production: 0/1/0
      • Credit recovery: 0/1/0
      • Roving: 1/0/0

Sometimes people ask me what I teach. When I say, "I sub," they don't get it. I haven't figured out how to explain that list to people in few words. So, I tell them, "pretty much everything," when pressed. I think that's fairly accurate, don't you? 

So, now I have a bit of time off until it starts all over again. I wonder what next year will bring.

Previous years' stats:

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Friday, June 10, 2022

This Year by the Numbers

Last Thursday was the last day of school. And if you've been following the blog for a while, you know it's now time for the post where I take a tally of all the days that I worked. This year was a doozy.

There are 180 days in the school year. I worked... 177 of them. 177. 

Let us just pause to contemplate that number. I basically blew my last record of 164 out of the water (2019).  And I doubt that this is a record that will ever get beaten. Of course, I hit that record due to the crazy year we had. I'm sure you read about the substitute teacher shortage. Yeah. That meant job security for me. 

Of the three days I did not work, I actually didn't get called for two days in October (the 12th and 13th to be specific). And the third day was the day I took off so I could go to the dentist when I cracked a tooth.

That total does not include the 18 days I worked at the alternative education center in July or the 4 days I covered at the continuation high school before the official beginning of the school year. (The continuation high school begins about three and a half weeks before the rest of the district.) 

41 of those days were at the high schools, 10 were at the middle schools, 7 were in elementary schools, and 2 were at the continuation high school. 117 of them were spent at the adult transition center, which is unsurprising considering that I did two long term assignments there.

I only had 1 day with a teacher who had no conference period, and I did only 12 extra period assignments. Again, this is unsurprising as I did so few high school days (relatively speaking). (For comparison's sake, in 2019 I had 97 extra periods. That is, on 97 of the days I worked, I covered a period on the teacher's prep period or the teacher didn't have a prep period.) 

I did work the first day of school (but it was at the continuation high school and it wasn't their first day of school, so it kind of doesn't count). And I worked the last day of school (see yesterday's post). 

To break things down a bit more...

Then at the secondary level: 

  • Social studies: 24 days and 1 extra period
    • Economics: 19 days and 1 extra period. This was part of the long term assignment I did in September. She also taught...
    • Geography: 11 days and 1 extra period. The only reason there's a different number here is because that school is on a block schedule. All of her geography classes were on the same day, whereas her economics classes were on both days.
    • World history: 3 days
    • Then 1 day each for 8th grade US history and 11th grade US history
  • English: 15 days and 2 extra periods
    • 9th grade: 13 days and 1 extra period. Most of those days are from the vacant English class I began the year in. 
    • 8th grade: 7 days. This was part of that vacant English class. (There was one period of 8th grade, the rest of the classes were 9th grade.)
    • 11th grade: 4 days and 1 extra period
    • Then there was 1 day and 1 extra period of 12th grade and 1 extra period of ELD, which is the class students take when they are learning English (immigrants, usually). 
  • Science: 5 days and 4 extra periods
    • Biology: 2 days and 2 extra periods
    • 7th grade science: 2 days
    • Then I covered 2 extra periods of 8th grade science, 1 day and 1 extra period of chemistry, and 1 day of anatomy/physiology.
  • Math: 4 days and 1 extra period
    • Integrated math 2 (which used to be geometry): 3 days (although, I wasn't really needed)
    • Integrated math 3 (which used to be algebra 2): 2 days
    • Then I had 1 day of 8th grade math and 1 day and 1 extra period of 7th grade math
  • Miscellany:

Normally I'd include the special ed stats above, but because of my two main long term assignments this year, my special ed days completely skew the stats. 

I spent 120 days (and 3 extra periods) in special ed classes. 5 of those (with 1 extra period) were in special day classes. 117 of those (with 2 extra periods) were in the severe special ed classes.

The long terms are considered special ed in the severe special ed classes. I spent 45 days in Ms. S's class in November, December, and January. I spent 60 days in Ms. L's class in March, April, and May (with a couple days in February and June). Although, both teachers had retired by the time I took over the classes.

10 of those days were when I covered Ms. L's class in October. One of those days was for a different teacher at the adult transition center. And so the remaining day was at the high school that feeds the adult transition center.

Yup, I kept pretty busy this year. But I generally do.

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Friday, June 11, 2021

Pandemic School Year Stats

Last Friday was the last day of school.

If you have been with me for a while, you know that means it's time for my annual listing of what classes I covered this school year. And whoa, it's been a year like no other. But somehow, I managed to remain employed throughout it all (a statement that I am incredibly privileged to make). 

There are usually 180 school days, and according to the district calendar, it appears that we did, in fact, have 180 school days. I worked 152 of them. That's not quite up to my best year of 164 in the 2018-19 school year, but considering the year, it was very, very good.

Of those 152 days, I covered an extra period on... 3 of them. Because of how things were set up this year, working extra periods just wasn't that common, at least for subs. (The majority of extra period assignments went to full-time teachers.) 

110 of those days were virtual. 40 were days when we'd gone to the hybrid schedule (1 day a week was fully virtual--Wednesday--but the rest of the week we had students in the room and students online). The 2 remaining days were the transition from virtual to hybrid (we were on campus, but the students didn't have to log in to a meet). 

36 days I worked from campus with fully virtual classes. 63 days I worked from home. 11 days were fully virtual but I bounced between on campus and at home. (These were in the long-term I started off the year in, and it varied as to whether I was on campus or not.) 42 days I worked on campus with hybrid classes (or on Wednesdays with them all virtual). 

I spent 91 of those days in high school classes, 42 in middle school classes, 12 at the alternative education center (plus those days for their summer session, which I don't count as they're technically summer school), and only 7 days at the continuation high school.

I covered both the first day and the last day of school. 

Because of the nature of this school year, my individual subject breakdowns are skewed from a typical year. As always "extra periods" also contain when the teacher only taught one period of that subject, for example, if they were the cheer advisor or if they only taught one period of economics. (Of my 3 actual extra periods, 1 was chemistry, 1 was intro to health care, and 1 was graphic arts.) 

  • English: 89 days
  • Math: 39 days and 2 extra periods
    • Integrated Math 1 (9th grade math) wins with 21 days and 1 extra period. This includes the alternative education center's class that I started off the year in (12 days) and the class I ended the year in (9 days). 
    • 8th grade math is in 2nd place with 17 days and 1 extra period. Those were part of the special ed co-teach thing I did back in September.
    • And 3rd place is Integrated Math 2 (10th grade math) with 12 days and 5 extra periods. The 12 days were the alternative education center's class, and the 5 extra periods were the last 9 days of school. (There was only one period of it, and I only had it every other day and Wednesdays.) 
    • As for the rest: 2 days in 7th grade math, and 1 extra period of business math (that was a special ed class where she taught various classes throughout the day). 
  • Science: 19 days and 2 extra periods
    • The top class here was chemistry with 16 days and 1 extra period. 12 of those days were at the alternative education center.
    • In 2nd place is biology with 14 days and 2 extra periods. Again, 12 of those days were with that class at the alternative education center.
    • The only other science class I covered was the intro to health care careers, where I covered 1 full day and 1 extra period. 
  • Social Studies: 18 days
  • Special Ed: 47 days
  • Miscellany
It was a different sort of year. But somehow we managed to make it through.

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Thursday, June 4, 2020

What I Did This School Year


Yesterday was officially the last day of school. But, as you know, in person school (and with it, what I do) ended much earlier. March 13th. 

I didn't know that at the time. I mean, I suspected it might be true. And, if I had been thinking, I would have done this post back in March. By the time I realized the school year was over for me, I figured I might as well wait until June for this post. So here it is, my days worked for the year. 

Normally there are 180 school days in the year. But since the last quarter doesn't count for me, I technically had a school year of 129 days. Of those 129 days, I worked 122 of them. That's seven non-worked school days total. Definitely a record.

Of those 122 days, 8 of them were for teachers who did not have a conference period, and 39 of them I was called to cover a different class during the prep. This is pretty low, compared to previous years. This is a good thing, staffing-wise. It means that there were enough subs to go around more of the time. This makes for a less stressful day for staff and students. 

49 of those days I covered high school classes, 48 I covered middle school classes, and 25 I was at the continuation high school. Usually I cover more high school classes, but this year I covered the first 16 days of school for a middle school English class, so that skewed those results a bit. 

I worked the first day of school and (for me) the last day of school. Although, I did not know that last day of the third quarter was going to be the last day of in-person school. Obviously, I did not work the actual last day of school. 

Next up, the breakdown of what classes I covered. My general rule for "full day" versus "period": if the teacher had at least two periods of the subject, it's a "full day"; if the teacher only taught one period, it's designated as a "period" sub. So, final numbers may not exactly match my full totals. 

  • English: 38 days with 6 individual periods
    • Back on top after last year's inexplicable 3rd place finish, this is probably mostly due to that English class I opened.
    • And to prove that point, 7th grade is the big winner with 20 days with 8th grade just behind with 19 days (and 3 extra periods). The English class I opened was 7th and 8th grade, so 16 of those days are for that specific class (3 periods of 7th grade and 2 periods of 8th grade). 
    • Then it's 11th grade with 8 days and 2 extra periods, 12th grade with 6 days and 1 extra period, 10th grade with 5 days and 1 extra period, and 9th grade with 3 days and 2 extra periods. 
    • Also, I covered the yearbook 5 times, the school newspaper once, and ELD 6 times (once for a full day, the rest for just the one period). Since these classes are generally taught by English teachers, they only counted for one period on those days. 
  • Social Studies: 23 days with 5 individual periods
    • U.S. history (11th grade) wins this subject with 8 days and 4 individual periods. Followed (very) closely by government (12th grade) with 8 days and no extra periods. Not surprising, as a lot of the social studies teachers teach both U.S. history and government.
    • Then comes world history (10th grade) with 6 days and 6 extra periods. And geography (9th grade) with 5 days, 4 of which ended up being the penultimate week of school.
    • Rounding out the rest: world history (7th grade) with 2 days and 5 extra periods, economics (12th grade) with 1 day, psychology (elective, but taught by social studies teacher) with 1 day, and U.S. history (8th grade) with 5 extra periods.
  • Science: 19 days with 5 individual periods
    • 8th grade science (mostly physical science, but not entirely) wins with 9 days and 1 extra period. If I had to rank the most dreaded class I cover, it would be 8th grade science. For some reason, they're extra crazy here. 
    • Biology (9th grade) comes in 2nd place with 7 days and 3 extra periods. 
    • 7th grade science (mostly life science, but with measurement and some of the basics and the basics of engineering) had 5 days with 3 extra periods. 
    • The leftovers include environmental science (an elective science for 11th & 12th grades) with 2 days and 2 extra periods, earth science (used to be for 9th grade, but is being phased out) with 4 extra periods (a couple of those were with the biology days as the teacher has the one period of earth science and four periods of biology), health with 1 extra period, oceanography with 1 extra period, and forensics with 1 extra period.
  • Math: 17 days with 5 individual periods
    • Rounding out the core subjects, integrated math 1 (previously algebra 1) with 10 days and 2 extra periods. 
    • Next is 8th grade math (previously pre-algebra) with 7 days and 1 extra period. 
    • Then is integrated math 2 with 6 days and 2 extra periods.
    • The rest are 7th grade math with 4 days and 2 extra periods, business math with 2 days and 1 extra period, and integrated math 3 with 1 extra period.
  • Special ed: 15 days with 6 individual periods
    • Most of these days are already accounted for above. If I was covering the co-teacher in an English or math class, I counted it as special ed.
    • There were 6 "severe" classes and 5 "special day classes" with 1 extra period.
    • And 1 period in an opportunity class. 
  • Finally, the electives
    • 12 days and 2 extra periods in computer classes. 5 of those days were graphic arts classes, 3 of those days (and 1 extra period) was in business (read: typing and Word and such), and 2 day were in CAD (computer aided drafting).
    • 5 days in woodshop.
    • 4 days in Spanish.
    • 2 days and 1 extra period in art.
    • 2 days and 2 extra periods in music classes (band and choir).
    • 2 days and 2 extra periods in leadership. Some of that was ASB, some was link crew, and some was middle school. They get a bit mixed together as well as mixed in with teachers who teach other subjects the rest of the day.
    • And 4 days were roving (where I didn't have a set assignment).
It may have been a short year, but I did manage to cover most of the usual suspects. Hopefully they'll open the schools sooner rather than later, or I'm going to have to find a new line of work.

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Thursday, June 13, 2019

This School Year's Totals


The school year is officially over, so that means it's time for my annual stats post. (It's an idea I "borrowed" from another blogger.)

There are 180 days in the school year. I worked 164 of them. This is an all time high, beating the 163 days I worked for the 2016-17 school year. This does not count last summer, which was my busiest summer (18 subbing days, although most of those weren't "full" days), nor much of the jury duty of Mr. G at the continuation high school before the schools officially opened (that would be 15 days).

This was quite surprising, really. At the end of the last school year, they laid off 55 teachers. When they lay off teachers, those teachers go to the top of the subbing list, which means us regular subs should expect to work less. But most of the laid off teachers got hired back at the beginning of the school year, and subs were in short supply. We worked a lot.

Of those 164 days, I covered an extra period for 71 of them, and 26 of those days I covered teachers who didn't have a prep period. That's 97 extra periods or 16.2 bonus days.

88 of those days were spent at a high school; 39 were spent at a middle school; and 37 of those days were spent at the continuation high school. There was also one day I spent with a fifth grade class.

I did cover the first day of school (although, it kinda doesn't count) but not the last.

And finally, it's time to break things down a bit more specifically (note: I count a "full day" when the teacher has at least 2 periods of that class. A "single period" means the teacher has a different class the whole day, or I covered it on the prep period. I need a system as some days are kind of all over the place):
  • Social studies: 40 days with 10 extra periods
    • I'm shocked. Go back to previous years, and English is always the big winner. 
    • In first place is U.S. history with 19 days and 2 extra periods. In second place is world history with 18 days and 4 extra periods. I did cover a week of both of these classes, so I'm not surprised.
    • In third place is middle school world history (seventh grade) with 7 days and 1 extra period. Again, not shocked. I covered a week of this, too.
    • Then it's geography (5 days/2 extras) and government (5 days/4 extras), followed by eighth grade U.S. history (3 days/2 extras), psychology (3 days/1 extra), and economics (2 days/1 extra).
  • Math: 38 days with 10 extra periods
    • Most days in math were Integrated Math 1 (what used to be called algebra). Not surprising, as that's probably the math class with the most students in it. 21 days/6 extras.
    • In second place, Integrated Math 1 (read: geometry) with 8 days/7 extras.
    • Third place is seventh grade math with 7 days/2 extras.
    • Then it's eighth grade math (5 days/4 extras), business math (5 days), Integrated Math 3 (4 days/1 extra), math analysis and calculus (1 day--the same day as it's the same teacher for both), and statistics (1 period--again, same teacher as analysis and calculus).
  • English: 35 days with 13 extra periods
    • In third place!?! I'm shocked.
    • Most days were for eleventh grade at 15 days and 3 extras.
    • Second place is twelfth grade with 13 days and 3 extras.
    • Third place is eighth grade with 5 days and 1 extra.
    • As for the rest: seventh grade (4 days/2 extras), ninth grade (3 days/8 extras), and tenth grade (2 days/5 extras). 
    • There were 5 extra periods of journalism, but that's because the journalism teachers teach English the rest of the day.
    • I had 3 days but 10 extra periods of ELD (English language development), and again, that's because those teachers had one period of ELD with the rest of the day teaching other English classes.
  • Science: 31 days with 12 extra periods
    • In first place is chemistry with 10 days. I covered 6 days near the beginning of the year, so unsurprising.
    • Biology is in second place with 7 days/2 extras.
    • Seventh grade science comes in third place with 5 days/5 extras.
    • Then there's earth science (3 days/2 extras), environmental science (3 days/3 extras), eighth grade (2 days/3 extras), health (2 days/1 extra), intro to health care (1 day/1 extra), anatomy/physiology (1 day), and engineering (1 extra period).
  • Special education: 16 days with 12 extra periods
  • Miscellany
    • 11 days with 3 extras in computer classes. 8 of those were in the CAD class while Mr. G was finishing up his jury duty.
    • 2 days with 2 extra periods in woodshop. 
    • 14 days in ceramics. Because the teacher broke his collarbone.
    • 4 days in foreign languages. Spanish (1 day/4 extras), French (1 day), and Mandarin (2 days/1 extra). Yup, they have Mandarin classes.
    • 2 extra periods of drama (because those teachers teach English the rest of the day).
    • 3 days of ASB, 5 extra periods of "leadership" (some ASB, some middle school leadership).
    • 1 extra period of music. 2 extra periods of TV/video production.
    • 5 extra periods of golf.
It's always interesting to look at the numbers. Some of these days I remember, some of these days make the blog, and some of these days the kiddos behaved and the day passed unremarkably. 

I sure get around, don't I?

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Saturday, June 30, 2018

End of School Year Review


Yes, it's Saturday. I don't normally post on Saturdays, but I wanted to get my end of year numbers posted before the end of June.

Why do I do an end of the year review? It's an idea I stole from another blogger. And I kind of like having this to refer to. So, basically it's more of a post for me 😉.

Out of 180 school days, I worked 144. This is down from last year's all time high of 163. Most of those fewer days came from from a slow September. And the district hired more subs, so that impacted my bottom line. This number does not include last year's six summer school days nor the five days at the continuation high school before the official start of the school year. (The continuation high school starts a month earlier.)

Of those 144 days, I covered an extra period for 59 of them, and I didn't have a prep period for 12 of them.

64 of those days were in high school classes. 44 were days at the middle school. 34 days were spent at the continuation high school. And I got to spend 3 days at the adult transition center.

I did not cover the first day of school nor the last. I did cover the third day of school (at the continuation high school which had been in session for a month) and my last day was the three days before the last day of school (also at the continuation high school).

And for some more specific numbers:

I count a "full day" when the teacher has at least 2 periods of that class. A "single period" means the teacher has a different class the whole day, or I covered it on the prep period. 
  • English: 48 days with 9 extra periods.
    • I spent most of my time, 17 days, in 12th grade classes. This is unsurprising as I covered two weeks for a teacher who retired mid year. I covered 2 extra periods of this as well.
    • Runner up is 11th grade with 15 days and 5 extra periods.
    • In third place, ELD (English language development) with 12 days and 8 extra periods.
    • Then, 7 days in 8th grade (including the clock thieves), 6 days in 9th grade, 5 days in 10th grade, and 2 days in 7th grade.
  • Science: 22 days with 9 extra periods.
    • There's a tie for first place. 8th grade (physical science) with 7 days and 2 extra periods and 7th grade (with only 1 extra period). 
    • Runner up is chemistry with 5 days (that week I covered while sick).
    • It was a slow year for science. I had 2 days of anatomy/physiology, 2 days of biology, 1 day of health, 1 day of intro to health care, 1 day of environmental science, and only 2 extra periods of earth science and 1 extra period of physics. 🙁 (The anatomy/physiology, environmental science, and biology are all together at the continuation high school, so that's two days of that class.)
  • Social Studies: 19 days with 7 extra periods.
    • I spent the most time in 7th grade world history with 9 days and 3 extra periods.
    • Runner up is also a tie: 8th grade U.S. history with 4 days and 1 extra period. (Most of that was the week I covered with the student teacher.) And government with 3 extra periods.
    • As for the rest: 3 days of 11th grade U.S. history, 3 days of 10th grade world history, 2 days of 9th grade geography, 1 day of 12th grade economics, and 3 extra periods of psychology.
  • Math: 31 days with 12 extra periods.
    • I spent the most time (10 days) in integrated math 1 (which is what they've replaced algebra 1 with). Also, 3 extra periods.
    • Runner up is 7th grade math with 6 days and 8 extra periods.
    • Then in third place is a 4-way tie. All 5 days: Integrated math 2 (read: geometry), math analysis, calculus, and business math. It's no surprise that analysis and calculus tied. Both were part of the same day taught by the same teacher. That was a whole week just before winter break.
    • Bringing up the rear: 4 days of integrated math 3 (read: algebra 2), 3 days of 8th grade math, 5 periods of statistics (taught by the same teacher as the analysis and calculus), and 1 period of trigonometry.
  • Special education: 27 days with 16 extra periods.
  • Miscellany: 
    • 5 extra periods of "athletics". Most coaches teach a full day of something else, so this was an end of the day class where I was covering another subject.
    • 1 extra period of PE. (This was also a special ed. thing. I tend to avoid PE when I can.)
    • Some classes the teachers teach something else the rest of the day. So, my 4 extra periods of student leadership, my 1 extra period of yearbook, my 2 extra periods of drama, and my 15 extra periods of journalism (read: the school newspaper) all went along with other classes.
    • Art: 9 days and 3 extra periods. This included 5 days of graphic arts, 1 day of ceramics. And there was 1 day in the photography class.
    • 2 days in choir and music appreciation. (These were middle school classes.)
    • 1 day of "culinary arts"; 1 day of "shop"; 2 days in computer aided drafting; 2 days in engineering; and 2 extra periods in auto shop. (Yes, one of the schools still has an auto shop class.)
    • 3 days and 3 extra periods of computers (read: typing).
    • 6 roving days.
When people ask me what I teach, I say "everything". Yeah, pretty much.

Some of these days I remember well. Some, not so much. Not all of these days made the blog. Not every day has a story worth sharing.

That'll close out the school year. Next week, I have more summer school subbing stories. I'm sure you're looking forward to that 😉.

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Friday, June 23, 2017

The School Year by the Numbers


It's that time of year again, where I go back into my files and tally up what classes I covered this year. It was a pretty busy year.

Of the 180 school days, I worked 163. This is up two days over last year. This number does not include the days I worked for summer school (12 four hour days) nor the days I worked at the continuation high school in August before the school year officially began (7 days).

Of those 163 days, I didn't get a prep period for 78 of them. On 64 days I covered an extra period, while on 14 days, the teacher I covered didn't have a prep period.

77 of those days I covered high school classes, 42 of those days I was covering middle school, and 30 of those days I was at the continuation high school. It's interesting how year after year, the percentage of each stays roughly the same.

I didn't work the first day of school nor the last. But, I covered the second day of school and the penultimate day of school, which is kind of unusual for me.

More specifically:
  • English: 55 days and 8 extra periods
    • This year's winner: 11th grade with 21 days and 4 single periods. 
      • I count a "full day" when the teacher has at least 2 periods of that level. A "single period" means the teacher has a different level the whole day, or I covered it on the prep period. 
    • Runner up is 12th grade with 15 days plus 8 single periods.
    • In 3rd place is advanced ELD with 8 full days plus 14 single periods.
    • Then 9th grade with 9 days/4 single periods; 10th grade with 7 days/6 single periods; intermediate ELD with 6 days/1 single period; 7th grade with 5 days/1 single period; 8th grade with 3 days/3 single periods; and beginning ELD with 1 single period
  • Science: 41 days and 13 extra periods
    • This year's winner: 7th grade life science with 16 days and 2 single periods
    • Runner up is Earth science with 15 days and 1 extra period. This is not surprising as most of those days were that one class I covered before and after winter break.
    • Then: biology with 13 days/4 single periods; health with 9 days/4 single periods; intro to health careers with 6 days; forensics/criminalistics with 5 days/2 single periods; environmental science with 4 days/4 single periods; chemistry and physics both with 2 days; and 8th grade physical science with 1 day/5 single periods. 
    • (Wait, one day of 8th grade science? That has to be a record. I'm usually in those classes quite a bit more.)
  • Social Studies: 30 days and 10 extra periods
    • This year's winner: 11th grade U.S. history with 10 days and 1 single period
    • Runner up is 12th grade economics with 8 days.
    • Third place is a tie of 7 days for both 7th grade world history and 8th grade U.S. history.
    • Then 12th grade government with 6 days/3 single periods; 10th grade world history with 4 days/2 single periods; 9th grade geography with 3 days; and the continuation high school's orientation at 3 days/1 single period
  • Math: 32 days and 10 extra periods
    • This year's winner: Integrated Math I (which replaced algebra 1) with 18 days and 5 single periods
    • Runner up is Integrated Math II (which replaced geometry) with 11 days and 6 single periods
    • Then 7th grade math with 6 days/1 single period; algebra 2 with 4 days/5 single periods; 8th grade math with 3 days/4 single periods; and business math with 3 days/1 single period
  • Special Education: 16 days and 21 extra periods
    • Note: These days overlap with the above numbers as I would cover something like a special ed. biology class. Or, I'd be a co teacher for 7th grade math. 
    • Of those days, 7 days/8 single periods were RSP (as in, co teacher); 5 days/9 single periods were in SDC (or self-contained special ed.); and 3 days/4 single periods with classes that were... pretty low academics wise.
  • Miscellany: 
    • 3 single periods ASB
    • 8 single periods school newspaper (both at the continuation high school and the traditional high school)
    • Art: 4 days/2 single periods
    • One single period of theater, two single periods of choir, and one single period of music appreciation. (Kinda grateful that I didn't have any middle school band horror stories this year.)
    • Two single periods of sports (I think they were both golf this year) and one period of P.E.
    • Spanish: 1 day/2 single periods
    • Business and/or computers: 5 days/3 single periods
    • And one period of "roving" where I covered two different classes in one period. (I was supposed to cover three classes, but the other two teachers took too long.)
Looking back at this, it's funny what I do remember and what I don't. I guess that's why I write the blog.

I cherry pick the stories I use. I go for "interesting". So, it may seem like the kiddos are wild, do no work, or aren't learning anything. But as you can see from the above, I worked far more days than I mentioned on this blog. Those are the days where everything goes right, the kiddos behave well, and progress towards educational goals are met.

This is a yearly reminder that the educational system isn't so bleak, and kids today are much like kids of the past.

Happy summer.

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