u/jay_eba888

I apologize if I am venting.  On Friday, I was off campus due to medical and dental appointments. On Thursday (the day before), I wrote down the agenda and lesson plan, and I also reminded my students the whole week that they were going to take a quiz on Friday. I also printed the quizzes out and left them on my desk on Thursday. I checked my classroom on Friday afternoon after school since the dental clinic was near the school. My student from another class (we meet every other week, so I didn’t have that student this week) reminded me that my class wasn’t doing anything at all, even though, like I mentioned, I reminded them the whole week that they would be taking the quiz.  That student said that class was off-task (scrolling on their phones), and according to them, other teachers did complain about my class. The sub left no note or mention of what my students did. I believe that the student was telling me the truth since the first thing I saw was a stack of blank quizzes that were supposed to be administered to my students. My students know that unless announced, Friday is quiz/test day, and we do it on pencil and paper. I spent Friday night crying that I wasn’t structured enough, and I feel like I am the problem that it affected their learning (I am a long-term sub for 2 months after my students went through multiple teachers but I enjoy having them)

I apologize if I am venting.  On Friday, I was off campus due to medical and dental appointments. On Thursday (the day before), I wrote down the agenda and lesson plan, and I also reminded my students the whole week that they were going to take a quiz on Friday. I also printed the quizzes out and left them on my desk on Thursday. I checked my classroom on Friday afternoon after school since the dental clinic was near the school. My student from another class (we meet every other week, so I didn’t have that student this week) reminded me that my class wasn’t doing anything at all, even though, like I mentioned, I reminded them the whole week that they would be taking the quiz.  That student said that class was off-task (scrolling on their phones), and according to them, other teachers did complain about my class. The sub left no note or mention of what my students did. I believe that the student was telling me the truth since the first thing I saw was a stack of blank quizzes that were supposed to be administered to my students. My students know that unless announced, Friday is quiz/test day, and we do it on pencil and paper. I spent Friday night crying that I wasn’t structured enough, and I feel like I am the problem that it affected their learning (I am a long-term sub for 2 months after my students went through multiple teachers)