Substitute Teacher Feedback Report (Page 2 of 5) in pdf

Effective Interventions for Academic Problems

Jim Wright

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Intervention Steps

Step 1: Introduce the Substitute Teacher Intervention to the Class. Set aside 10 minutes of class

time to present the intervention.

• Open the discussion by asking students to share their thoughts about the difficulties of being a

substitute teacher. List these ideas on the board.

• Tell students that substitute teachers are an extension of the school’s teaching staff and should

be accorded the same respect as the classroom teacher. Emphasize that your expectations

for student behavior are no different when a substitute is covering the room than when you are

present.

• Inform students that substitutes who cover your classroom will keep a close eye on student

behavior and will deliver a report back to the teacher at the end of the day. If the substitute

decides that the classroom behavior has been sufficiently positive, he or she can inform the

teacher that the students have earned a classwide reward. If any student should misbehave in

the presence of the substitute, that student will later need to write an apology letter to the

substitute.

• Using the overhead projector, take students through the sections of the Substitute Teacher

Feedback Form. In particular, emphasize the substitute’s power to decide (a) what individual

students merit special mention for positive or negative behaviors and (b) whether the entire

class deserves a collective reward for appropriate behavior.

• Show the transparency of the Sample Apology Letter to Substitute Teacher. Tell the class that

any students singled out by the substitute for misbehavior will be expected to write a letter of

apology to the substitute.

• [Optional but recommended] Inform students that parents of anyone who misbehaves will also

receive a call from the classroom teacher to discuss the child’s problem behaviors.

Furthermore, the parents will need to read through and sign the student’s letter of apology to

verify that they read through it and talked the situation over with the child.

Step 2: Implement the Intervention: When a substitute is scheduled to cover your classroom:

• If possible, take time just before the day that a substitute will be in the room to remind students

that you expect them to behave appropriately. Briefly review the main points of the

intervention (i.e., group reward for positive behavior, individual letter of apology and parent

conference for misbehavior).

• Leave a copy of the Substitute Teacher Feedback Form out for the substitute to complete at

the end of the day.

Step 3: Promptly Follow Through with Intervention Consequences:

• As soon as you return to the classroom, be sure to read through the substitute teacher’s

feedback and respond accordingly.

• If the class has earned a group reward, either select a privilege, prize, or activity from the

reward menu yourself or have the class vote on a reward from the menu.

• Praise any student noted by the substitute as having been especially helpful and well-behaved.

[Optional] Give these students small individual rewards.

• Send any students reported by the substitute as having misbehaved to a quiet area (e.g.,

corner of the classroom, in-school detention room) to write out their letters of apology to the

substitute. If necessary, help the students to address the envelopes and mail the letters.

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