Teacher on the Phone

Today I got my very first sub job via the online sub assignment system. I logged on in the morning when I got up at 6:30 and didn't see anything listed I wanted to take (something bilingual and the other was a library job). But I checked back a couple minutes later and a job was listed for a grade 4/5 at my favorite school! Unfortuantely, it was listed as being "in callout" so I couldn't accept it. But I waited and refreshed the page a bunch of times, but eventually the "in callout" display went away and the site let me accept it!

I got there a couple hours later and was pleased that lots of teacher, the office staff, and the principal all recognized me and seemed pleased to see me. The secretary said she didn't know I was subbing still and that she would put me on their preferred list (which means I'll get to see the jobs available at that school before people who aren't on that list get to see them.)

Anyways, they were having the jog-a-thon today and the kids were pretty wound up, but we didn't really have any problems.

The only weird thing was that at the end of the lunch the teacher called the room and wanted to talk to a couple different students. They were on the phone for a while writing down things and reading things back to her. By this time I was supposed to be starting the next activity, but I wasn't sure if I should wait or not, but after a few minutes it didn't seem that they were about to get off, so we just started anyways. It worked out.

Anyways, it was nice to be back and have everybody remember me. I saw lots of kids too both in my class and in the hall that recognized me and waved or said hi. I always feel a little like a celebrity when I go there. :)