So, You Want to Quit Teaching and Better Your Life?
I may be getting ahead of myself with the article title, but yes-- I assume that if you quit teaching you will pretty much automatically improve your quality of life. Your mental...
Charmaine
Journalism school + editing + university newspaper 2010-2013
Education grad school + full-time teaching internship 2013-2014
Teaching elementary grades + Substitute teaching 2014-2023
Amos Takes the Skyway: An Engaging and Informative Classroom Readaloud
Let me introduce an adventurous and ornery Amish boy named Amos to you. Amos is a fictional ten-year-old living in the Amish vacation destination of Pinecraft, Florida, and he's cooked up a...
How to Make a Simple Pencil Shirt
When it comes to teacher fashion, what do you think of? Does a wonderfully rustic, handmade pencil shirt fit into that first flurry of ideas? Perhaps there are a range of images...
How to Live in Your Pumpkin Spice Era for Cheap
For some of the us, the first whiff of pumpkin spice or even a two-degree dip in temperatures can be enough to signal a life-giving change in seasons. (It is me. I...
Substitute Teaching: Pandemic Edition
When news of the pandemic spread, its effects began to reach into every sector society, schools included. School systems were upended by sudden changes and totally new ways of doing things. Substitute...
Substitute Teaching as a Financial Freedom Lever
There's plenty of talk on the Internet these days about achieving "financial freedom." Forums, YouTube playlists and social media platforms seem to have been set ablaze with discussing this new goal. If...
How to Throw an Easy Puppy-Themed Toddler Birthday Party
My daughter turned two, and there wasn't a simpler idea that came to my mind to celebrate her, other than: puppies. She loves puppies. She talks about them constantly, waves indiscriminately to...
How to Become a Substitute Teacher for the 2024-2025 School Year
The 2024-2025 school year is now in full swing where I'm from, as well as all over the country. There's something about a new school year. Freshly sharpened pencils, newly printed schedules...
Former Teachers Now Mamas: Try Substitute Teaching
"I just can't find any job that's worth it," my fellow former teacher friend sighed, as she recounted her stop-and-go experiences with numerous dead ends. For former teachers that took time off...
Substitute Teaching for Specials and Electives
Substitute teaching for specials and electives classes can be different and even more chaotic than a regular day, but these interesting courses also carry the potential for more excitement and fun. At...
How to Substitute Teach as a Super Young Adult
Each new substitute teaching assignment brings with it a new day of possibilities. The day starts when a sea of young faces stare at you from their desks, testing the first introductory...
3 Keys for Effectively Teaching All Ages as a Substitute
I’m lucky to be teaching all kinds of different ages of students in various schools. In fact, there’s only one age group I haven’t taught-- and that’s high school. I’ve subbed for...