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There is often not much call for Substitute Teachers in September. So how do you advance your career and get work in September? 1. Sleep in – your Employment Insurance hasn’t run out yet – why sweat...

Getting students on your side in the first few minutes of the day is the best way to have a great day substitute teaching. Here are a few of my favourites to get you started! 1. Sharks pee through...

1. Change your voice – talk in a high, squeaky voice or in a low, rumbly voice. Speak very quietly or say one word very loudly in the middle of the sentence. They will often look over and laugh. 2....

When students are very angry or upset, it can derail them and the whole class! Here are some ways to help them. 1. Distraction – sometimes all that is needed is another focus – ask them to do an...

After everyone is sitting quietly because I bribed them – oops – I mean - offered them incentives). Hi – my name is Ms. Yuill, prouncounced like, “You’ll do your homemwork”. (Only teachers laugh at...

1. Sleep in (this may involve teaching your children how to get their own breakfast). Put the alarm clock away! Also see: afternoon naps. 2. Take a course – I know it’s not as exciting as sleeping...

There are abounding articulate articles authored about how to avail in a job interview. I wish my next sentence could all start with “b”s – but that brilliance bypasses me. This article is...

There was a couple who had a baby and so moved from their apartment into a house. They wanted to celebrate when they finished moving by going out for dinner. They hired a babysitter – a high school...