First Subbing Job Today!

Well I had my first subbing job today at the school which is less than 10 minutes away from my house, which is great!  It was just a afternoon sub job, but it was a great way for the teachers and students to check me out and them as well.  I am sure things went really well, so I hope to get many more subbing positions from the said school.  

So today I subbed split classes since the school is a small rural school, so my classes had at least twp grades in them and had as much as four grades in one block!  The classroom size was, of course, quite manageable so there was no worries there. Fridays they get out 1.25 hrs early than normal so it made for a short work day for me with only 2.5 hrs of subbing.  My classes were fun and "easy" since it was a computer class, and the next two were gym.  Gym was pretty good.  They have "game days" where the students get to do what they want to do, so Fridays are those days.  It's volleyball season so they practiced their techniques by being in a circle and trying to beat their count by how many passes they do (bump, set, etc.).  It was fun!  I even participated!  Helped some of the younger ones build on the technical stances for volleyball and challenged the older ones.  I particularly did this in my grade 3-6 gym class since they degree of ability varies quite a bit.  In my grade  8/9 gym class, they practiced serving then we played boys against girls, which is always fun!  The girls started off really strong (10-0!) but the boys soon caught up when the girls were getting sloppy in their rallies.  Final score ended up 28-24 for the girls.  It was pretty fun to watch them.  Both teams have lots of potential and I am sure they will do great this season.  

The staff who I had a chance to meet were great!  They welcomed me very warmly and such.  The students were great too!  There are a bunch of great kids!  I think my favourite moment was when I walked into my first class and kind of got a feel from them---name, grade, etc.  The one boy quickly came up to me and asked if I was a "seasoned teacher" or "fresh out of college."  I told him I was "fresh out of university" and so the boy proceeded to celebrate and say since I was new I did not know any rules so they could do what they want.  I laughed and said nice try but that was not going to happen.  It made me laugh.  

I really hope I get more subbing positions within the three divisions I applied at. I would love to be busy doing subbing until a position opened up for me.  I did have a call from a French Immersion school in Camrose today and they asked on my background of my French since they saw that information on their sub list.  I was honest and said it is not at the level for French immersion and more for FSL.  The VP asked me this because they have a mat leave coming up for French immersion for English and Social Studies.  I said I would not be the best candidate but I would love to sub to help get my feet wet and such and improve on my oral production skills.  So that was my interesting phone call to be woken up to this morning!  haha.

I do hope everyone has a great weekend!

Cheers!