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We have had so many new subscribers

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in the last couple of years that I'm

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going to play an archive episode

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from before that . Since

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we've had this podcast for five years , I

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want you to hear some

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of the episodes that made

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this podcast popular

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. So enjoy this archive

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episode this week

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that you probably have never heard before

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. One of the first things I saw

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on websites when I started thinking

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about substitute teaching is

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what do you put in your substitute

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teachers bag ? So why

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have I never talked about it on the podcast

0:38

? Let's do it , episode 34

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. Substitute teachers Wow

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, alright

1:00

, guys , hope you had a good week this week

1:02

. Substitute teaching as I mentioned last

1:04

week , we had a couple of days off , so

1:06

had a short week this week

1:08

. I also wanted to mention that

1:10

. You know we live in Kentucky and we're used to

1:12

at least some snow during the winter , but

1:15

here it is February now and we

1:17

still haven't seen any snow . We

1:19

might see some this weekend , so

1:21

we'll see how that takes our schedule

1:24

into consideration next week . So

1:26

the seasons are changing . I

1:28

understand . I heard this week that Punx-Otani

1:31

Field , bless His Heart , is

1:33

actually wrong like 60%

1:36

of the time , so I guess

1:38

that means you get better odds just flipping a

1:40

coin , but I like the tradition

1:42

. I'd like to go up there and see that sometime

1:44

, but that's the way our weather is flowing

1:47

here right now . I hope you're having good weather

1:49

and you get lots of substitute jobs

1:51

in . So I wanted to mention

1:53

first of all . I've talked about Buzzsprout

1:56

before . There are free options

1:58

for podcasts . I've had

2:00

several people ask me about creating

2:02

their own podcast . Buzzsprout is

2:04

about 12 bucks a month . I think it's worth

2:07

it . I think their videos alone

2:09

about how to do things is worth that , and

2:12

their customer service is just unbelievable

2:14

. And this is not a commercial . I'm

2:16

doing this for free . I might eventually

2:19

they have an affiliate program that

2:21

I might start including their link

2:23

at the end in my code , just for the heck

2:25

of it if you want to get started . But

2:28

the reason I bring that up they just introduced

2:30

a whole new stats package that

2:33

I was excited about it

2:35

. Last week I talked about it a little bit

2:37

, but I'm even more excited when

2:39

I watch the video that explained

2:41

what we could do with it . So

2:43

here's what they suggested . There

2:46

is a page now on the podcast

2:48

that I think you'll agree with . This list

2:50

the number of listens

2:52

that you got in the first seven days

2:55

of when each podcast was released

2:57

and I thought well , you know , that

3:00

sounds interesting , it'll

3:02

tell me what's most popular . But

3:05

what they suggested to do with that

3:07

is to look at what your most popular

3:09

episodes have been and then

3:12

see if it has a common

3:14

trait , and that will help

3:16

you determine what your listeners

3:19

like most . And

3:21

boy , I mean , I had an inkling of what

3:23

that might be . But , sure enough

3:25

, the most common trait is obvious

3:28

when I look at the stats . I'm looking

3:30

at my page right now . First of

3:32

all , by far and away the fastest

3:34

listened episode , the one that got the most

3:36

listens in the first seven

3:39

days , was two weeks ago , the

3:42

volleyball players talk subs , court

3:44

side and which reward

3:46

systems work . So that was

3:48

our most popular . That was when

3:50

we had students interviewed

3:52

. Remember that students

3:55

interviewed , so that was

3:57

the most popular . I did it through a revised

3:59

version . I was wrong , by the way

4:01

, voll does not generate that revised

4:04

version , just like it was a

4:06

new one . It's just that if you should

4:08

go back to that , that's the one

4:10

that you would then receive , other

4:12

other than the one that was

4:14

released first . So that was

4:17

by far the most

4:19

listened to . Second was

4:21

episode 25 called recorded

4:23

live from the classroom . It's

4:26

STL 25 . So that's

4:28

the one in second place . And

4:31

then in third place

4:33

is way back at number episode

4:36

18 , talking about

4:38

subs with students Jonathan

4:40

, camden and Lily . Now

4:42

let me ask you something what

4:45

do you see in that ? I see

4:47

that the episodes you guys

4:49

like to listen to most are

4:52

the ones in which we have the students involved

4:54

, and that is so refreshing

4:56

for me . I joke with my

4:58

students that tell me they're listening to

5:00

the podcast . I said do you find it boring , since

5:02

I'm just talking to other substitute

5:05

teachers and they say no , you talk about students

5:07

all the time . That's why we're listening to

5:09

it . I think that's why they're excited

5:12

when they see me roaming down the hallway recording

5:14

some things and recording

5:16

it games and all that . So

5:19

I'm thankful that that information

5:21

is now given to me by Buzzsprout . It's

5:23

very valuable . I am going

5:25

to try my best to get as many

5:27

student interviews as I can

5:29

into this podcast , because

5:32

obviously that's what you enjoy

5:34

. One other thing that the

5:36

new stats helped me identify

5:38

and I kind of knew this from the beginning , but

5:41

I've talked to you about the most popular

5:43

episodes so far . Number one

5:45

is episode one where we

5:48

talk about how it's my

5:51

first time as a substitute teacher . The

5:53

title was I'm finally approved as

5:55

a substitute teacher , and so

5:57

it begins . And then second place

5:59

is episode two when I

6:01

say , yes , I got the substitute teacher

6:03

job . I want it before anyone else

6:06

. Those are the top two . But

6:08

listen at this the first place

6:10

has 40%

6:12

more listens than

6:15

second place , and when

6:17

you first hear that you might say , hey , I'd be

6:19

excited about that , about mr Collins . But

6:21

you know I'm not . And here's

6:23

why . Let's think this through

6:26

People that are looking for

6:28

substitute teachers resources

6:30

. They find the podcast

6:33

, they listen to it

6:35

. That means anybody

6:37

that finds it and wants to try it out

6:40

Will be listening to

6:42

episode one . So

6:44

the real telltale sign is

6:46

, if they continue to lesson

6:48

two now a lot of them do

6:50

. A lot of them Do or it wouldn't be in second

6:53

place , but some do

6:55

not . And I remember

6:57

back in June of last year when I recorded

6:59

the first episode , a lot of anxiety

7:02

there . You know , am I going to get like 10 listens

7:04

a week and it'll really be a , you

7:06

know , just a silly effort that won't pan

7:08

out . Obviously . It ended

7:11

up being very popular . I'm excited for

7:13

that . I'm glad you guys are listening

7:15

. But as I go back and listen

7:17

to that , there's not a lot of attention

7:19

grabbers . I didn't hadn't

7:21

gotten good with editing yet . So here's

7:23

what I did . I printed out a

7:25

script . I wanted it to be virtually the

7:27

same as it was before . I did

7:29

add a few little things and this

7:31

week I Rerecorded episode

7:34

one . If you want to hear it , if you

7:36

click on episode one , you can hear the

7:38

new version . It's around 17

7:41

minutes , just like the old version was

7:43

. I did mention that

7:45

I'll be having student interviews . I hit

7:47

that a little bit harder than I had before

7:49

. I did do a different

7:51

opening this time . I love the opening with

7:53

the kids , whether you guys do or not , sorry

7:56

, guys , that's not gonna matter to me , because that was that

7:59

was so special to me . That probably gonna

8:01

always be my opening until I Record

8:04

it with a new group of kids . But

8:06

I rerecorded episode one . Here's what

8:08

I'm hoping now , when people discover

8:11

the podcast that they'll stick around a

8:13

little bit longer . Most of you do

8:15

, but you know I guess three quarters

8:17

of you do if we calculate the statistics

8:20

. But you know I want to grab

8:22

as many people as I can . I want

8:24

your ideas . Today's gonna be a good one

8:26

that you can provide ideas . So I

8:29

want to do that . So go back and listen to that

8:31

first episode . I would love for you to

8:33

tell me at Greg Collins substitute

8:35

at gmailcom , what you think

8:37

about it . Remember , you can also send

8:39

me audio bites and We'll

8:41

go from there and and we'll see how that goes

8:43

. All right , I remember an old

8:45

song from when I was a teenager called

8:48

troglodyte k-man , who said

8:50

we're gonna go back Way back

8:52

back into time . That that's what I

8:54

want to do right now . I'm gonna go back about . I

8:57

guess it's been almost 18 months when

8:59

I first thought about Substitute

9:01

teaching and I was looking for ideas

9:04

everywhere and I came

9:06

across probably the most , most popular

9:08

topic that ever came up what

9:10

do you put in your substitute teachers

9:13

bag . And you know I read some

9:15

of those . You know some of those . I'm

9:17

thinking All right , do you go in there with a wheelbarrow

9:19

or what exactly is it you're

9:22

carrying all this stuff in ? Do

9:24

you leave them in your car ? I knew

9:26

I wasn't gonna do that right off the bat

9:28

, and here's why I want to take you back

9:30

to that point too . There are a

9:33

lot of you out there . Well , in fact

9:35

, let's start with the ones that have been

9:37

doing this for a while . Think back To

9:39

your first days and you were trying

9:42

to decide how much should I take

9:44

with me . If I was

9:46

a betting man , I would

9:48

say that now , looking back

9:50

, however long ago that was , you'll

9:52

admit that it was probably too much . Here's

9:55

what I decided to do . I'm kind of a practical

9:57

guy . I'm also a tightwad

10:00

with certain things , so I try not to buy

10:02

things unless I Really find

10:04

out that I need them . And you'll find out what

10:06

I came up with here in just a moment . That

10:08

ended up being important to me . But

10:10

I look back at all those lists and I said you know

10:13

, I'm not gonna buy those yet . So

10:15

my first point to you guys

10:18

if you're just getting ready to

10:20

substitute teach , if you're

10:22

just putting together your first substitute

10:24

teachers bag or packet or supply

10:27

list Whatever you want to call it , wait

10:29

a little while . Just go with the

10:31

basics you need . I mean , you're gonna need some ink

10:33

pens and maybe some Post-it notes

10:36

and things like that . Go with that

10:38

first and after you substitute

10:40

taught for a while , see what's

10:42

important to you , see what you

10:44

need to take with you . That

10:47

worked out with me . I didn't

10:49

take reams of paper . I

10:51

in fact I never really bought paper

10:53

Until I got it

10:55

to be a long-term sub , and

10:57

we'll talk about convenience here

11:00

in just a moment . That you know it's just like

11:02

going . You know convenience is why we buy things

11:04

. It's just like that's why Things

11:06

are more expensive at convenience

11:08

stores and we pay that price

11:11

anyway , because it's convenient

11:13

. We don't have to go to a big , massive Supermarket

11:15

to buy things . So that's what

11:18

you're going to see if as I go

11:20

through my list a little bit . But

11:22

before I do , I want all of you to

11:24

think back to what you bought if

11:26

it ended up being a goodbye , and please

11:29

Contact me , greg Collins , substitute

11:31

, at gmailcom . I

11:33

want to add good ideas . Let's

11:35

keep our substitute teacher supply

11:38

list going and improving

11:40

and I'm sure that you

11:42

guys , once you mentioned some things

11:44

to me , I'm gonna say , well , why in the world that

11:47

I'm not think about that ? And , to be honest

11:49

, when you hear some of my list , you're gonna

11:51

say I'm not gonna buy that , and

11:53

that's up to you . I think that's why this is

11:55

important that we get through this . First

11:57

, I'm going to talk a little bit about stuff

12:00

for the classroom , actual

12:02

stuff that you're going to be using

12:05

in the classroom . Here

12:07

are the ones that I ended up

12:09

coming up with and

12:11

, to be honest , there's only a half dozen . Some

12:14

of you are going to think I'm crazy , but

12:17

there's only about a half dozen . Two of those

12:19

you're probably going to choose not to use anyway

12:22

. So here's what I started with , so

12:25

definite top two . Top

12:28

one , of course , is ink pens . Now

12:30

let me get you started , and you might be a pencil person

12:32

. Go ahead and take some pencils with

12:34

you if you want . You're going to be making notes

12:37

. You're going to think that you don't

12:39

really need to write things down

12:41

and you don't really need an ink pen because the

12:43

teachers are there . I have gotten

12:46

myself into trouble I'm kind of saying that

12:48

tongue in cheek by losing teachers'

12:50

pens . So buy some pens

12:52

of your own . Try

12:55

to buy some that are conspicuous , that there's

12:57

no doubt you're going to remember later that those

13:00

were yours , and I'll make this recommendation

13:02

Don't buy one good one . Buy a

13:04

pack of ones that are

13:07

maybe lesser quality , because

13:09

you aren't going to lose them . It

13:11

kind of becomes a standing joke with

13:13

me , with all the kids in my classroom

13:16

of how many things I leave around

13:18

the classroom and have them have to

13:20

look for me . Teachers

13:22

will often leave answer keys to projects

13:25

we're doing . I'll leave those laying around

13:27

everywhere . I'll take my

13:29

if I'm eating a snack or something . I'll

13:31

leave it laying around . I'll leave my

13:33

soda laying around they

13:35

just get used to bringing it to me . I

13:38

remember when I me and my wife did church

13:40

camps , I would leave my organizational

13:42

folder everywhere and there'd be a different

13:44

student bring that up to me every day . So

13:46

, trust me , you're going to lose

13:49

some of these pens . So buy you know a dozen

13:51

or so , keep them into whatever

13:53

I carry a laptop sleeve

13:56

that I don't use anymore , that I

13:58

carry my supplies around in . So it's

14:00

not very large . In fact , the bulk of it

14:02

is made up of my iPad and

14:04

a folder that I keep some papers in

14:06

. So that's the first thing

14:09

Ink pens . Now let me tell

14:11

you what you're going to notice , especially

14:14

as you go to several different schools

14:16

and several different teachers . They

14:19

all have those whiteboard jet . I haven't seen

14:21

a chalkboard yet . Maybe you do in your area

14:23

and you can prove me wrong , but

14:26

you're going to pick up the marker to write

14:28

something , it's going to be dry

14:30

or faint . You're going to pick up another

14:33

marker . It's not going to work either

14:35

and I'll be honest with you

14:37

, more classrooms than

14:39

not I'll pick up a marker

14:41

on the board and it won't

14:44

write . Now I have a hunch

14:46

that some of those teachers actually have

14:48

a supply stash somewhere so that

14:50

they don't get lost or

14:52

they don't dry out . You know they dry out because the kids

14:54

write with them and I'm okay with

14:56

that . It doesn't bother me if they do that

14:58

. They're just kind of channeling their

15:00

creative energy . But you're

15:03

going to need those markers . So Bayou

15:05

has said a multicolored dry

15:07

erase markers for the whiteboard . You'll

15:09

need those to write things . If nothing else , you want

15:12

to write your name in bold

15:14

letters when they come in the room so

15:16

they can get used to you and

15:18

maybe write a couple of quotes so

15:20

that they can tell that you're . You

15:22

didn't just come in and show up , that you kind

15:25

of gave some thought of what you wanted to talk

15:27

to them about . So I would buy the markers

15:29

. Now let me tell you this

15:31

about pencils Every

15:34

substitute teacher goes into the classroom

15:36

feeling the same way . These

15:39

kids need to provide their pencils

15:42

. That is what they

15:44

need to do . I get

15:46

tired of kids not

15:48

bringing their own pencil . I

15:50

said that for months . You

15:53

can say that all you want

15:55

to . It is just

15:58

going to make your life

16:00

easier and

16:02

less disruptive if

16:04

you buy some pencils . Now

16:07

let me tell you what I did . It

16:09

was the best eight dollars I

16:11

ever spent on Amazon . I

16:14

found a box of number two

16:16

pencils a hundred and forty

16:18

four for eight dollars Best

16:21

eight dollars I ever spent . Because

16:23

let me tell you what I went through

16:25

before that . I

16:27

first I asked other teachers

16:30

not just substitute teachers , but teachers

16:32

that deal with this every day , especially as I

16:34

got to a long term role . I

16:36

said how do you keep track of pencils ? Do you provide

16:38

pencils ? Well , here's what some

16:41

of them said they did . I started first

16:43

by buying about I

16:46

guess it was ten cheap

16:48

mechanical pencils . I

16:51

kept them in a jar with a sign

16:53

up sheet next to them . So

16:55

that was the theory right , you sign

16:57

in , you sign out when you bring

16:59

the pencil back . Well , sometimes

17:02

we'd get in a hurry . I would forget

17:04

to make them sign it . Or I might

17:06

even say go ahead . I saw that you

17:08

take it and then , of course , I would forget it , and

17:11

then they wouldn't maliciously keep it

17:13

. But they just kept it . You know , there's

17:15

pencils all over the floor all day . You think

17:17

you could keep everybody supplied just by picking

17:19

them up off the floor , but

17:21

that one didn't really work . I

17:23

also got an idea of a

17:26

. This came from an elementary school teacher

17:28

. When they get

17:30

a pencil , they have to leave

17:32

the right shoe or a shoe

17:34

, I don't guess it has to be your right shoe , and

17:38

that way for sure they'll bring the pencil

17:40

back . That's all

17:42

. Then get their shoe back . Well

17:44

, it's funny . I teach so many sixth graders

17:47

. They ended up kind of making a game for that

17:49

. You know whether , whether they needed a pencil

17:51

or not , they wanted to go with one shoe offer

17:53

the whole class . So that didn't

17:55

work as well and , just like signing

17:57

in and out , we would get in a hurry and

17:59

forget . So I decided

18:01

hey man , amazon

18:04

is a great service . I've got free

18:06

shipping . I'm going to spend eight dollars

18:08

for a hundred and forty

18:11

four pencils . They basically

18:13

I just ran out and

18:16

I bought them a year ago , so

18:18

that might be the most valuable

18:21

purchase I ever made . Here's

18:25

the deal . You're going to get

18:27

interrupted so many times

18:29

by kids who

18:31

didn't bring a pencil , or whether

18:34

they're telling the truth or not . I

18:36

would ask some kids that asked for a pencil you know

18:38

the last two periods of the day , you know

18:40

it's the sixth or seventh period . What did

18:42

you do the rest of the day without a pencil ? Oh

18:45

, I lost it . Mr Collins , I'm sorry

18:47

and they were sorry , but you know

18:49

they're kids , they're going to lose their pencil

18:51

. Buy some pencils . Obviously

18:55

I shouldn't say obviously . The ones that

18:57

are unsharpened are

18:59

cheapest . I

19:01

know I got that box for eight dollars

19:04

. I just looked it up while I

19:06

was talking about this on Amazon and I

19:08

see it's up to 999 now

19:10

, but I didn't shop around anymore either

19:12

, so you could probably get those fairly

19:14

cheaply . Eight dollars it's

19:16

, you know , eight dollars . You know , stretch that

19:18

out over the year that I asked me . You know , all of

19:20

a sudden that's sounding like less than a dollar

19:23

a month . I think that worked out well for

19:25

me . So now this

19:27

next one might surprise you a little bit

19:29

too . One class that I went

19:31

into . Often the

19:34

kids had to sharpen their

19:36

pencil . Often not

19:38

only was it very loud , it

19:41

was kind of in disrepair and

19:44

the teacher is the only one that knew

19:46

how to use it , and she showed me how

19:48

to use it one day . And keep

19:50

in mind that this was as a class , that

19:52

it was a class , that they

19:54

were some of the shorter periods

19:56

of the classes I've been to . They were like 50 minutes

19:59

. So if you have to stop even

20:01

30 , 45 seconds to

20:03

sharpen somebody's pencil several

20:05

times during the class , well

20:07

, that waste time , that gets you

20:10

out of your flow . So guess

20:12

what ? I spent another

20:14

in this case it was nine dollars

20:16

and I found what I thought

20:18

is a very good pencil sharpener , so

20:21

much so that I'm going to recommend

20:23

the exact brand and model

20:25

. This too was an Amazon purchase

20:28

, but the reason I liked it and I

20:30

can't remember now if I ordered

20:32

a different one first and send it back

20:34

. But this one was so much quieter

20:37

, it was so

20:39

easy to use . It's a model

20:42

that the kids actually

20:44

they put their pencil in the

20:46

pencil sharpener hole and they don't

20:48

even have to lift it up every few seconds

20:50

to see if it's sharp . It actually

20:52

stops when it's sharp

20:54

. Now that it must be a fairly popular

20:57

brand , because I spent $9.99

20:59

and I might have bought it while it was on sale

21:01

or something , and I noticed it $16.99

21:04

. But again , to me it was

21:06

a very worthwhile

21:09

purchase . It is a jar

21:11

link brand , that is J-A-R-L-I-N-K

21:14

and I noticed its model number

21:16

is OP

21:19

007D . That

21:21

first O is a letter O , so it's OP

21:24

007D . We

21:27

love the pencil sharpener . It's kind of

21:29

funny . The kids enjoyed

21:31

the pencil sharpener so much , I guess

21:33

, compared to the one they were using before

21:35

. But I noticed even this last time when

21:37

I did long-term sub , I finally remembered to bring

21:39

it in and they lined up at

21:41

it because they liked it a lot . All

21:43

they had to do is put down any kind of

21:46

pencil in there and it shut off automatically

21:48

. So that's that's two of my favorite

21:50

purchases and that's how

21:52

I solved the pencil situation . Other

21:55

stuff that I bought besides markers

21:57

and pencils and ink pens

21:59

I'm an official but so

22:02

I always have whistles . Take a whistle

22:04

in with you . Someday you're going to

22:06

be asked to teach a physical education class

22:08

. You'll need it for that . Sometimes

22:11

you might just need a little slow

22:13

whistle blast to catch everybody's

22:16

attention . I would recommend

22:18

a Fox 40 whistle

22:20

. They have a good sound . It's a whistle the referees

22:22

use . I would not get the micro

22:25

. I like using that for volleyball but it's

22:27

much louder A little bit loud for the classroom

22:30

and there's some even louder than

22:32

that called Sonic . Sonic's mention

22:34

is meant for outdoors

22:36

and that could literally blow your

22:38

eardrums out . So don't buy that one . So

22:41

Amazon or Amazon . You can get it

22:43

on Amazon . It's a Fox 40 whistle

22:46

. Those work real well . The

22:48

other thing that I would I've

22:50

used it mainly when I'm in a long-term

22:52

sub , but if I even if I'm there

22:54

for more than a few days , I

22:56

find that found a cheap small

22:59

whiteboard that I could

23:01

just stick up on the wall outside

23:03

the classroom when I'm there for a few days

23:05

and either just leave a corny

23:07

joke or something that

23:09

they would be excited about coming by

23:11

and reading what I had to put up there

23:14

, and I thought that was just kind of a

23:16

cool break the ice come in

23:18

the classroom type thing . So that's

23:20

my basic stuff . I bought

23:23

my own dry erase markers . I

23:25

bought a box of pencils , a pencil sharpener

23:27

, a small whiteboard ink pens

23:29

and a whistle . Now the

23:31

next thing I'm going to mention is

23:33

just in the health environment . I

23:36

have found that these are

23:38

essentials . As you go through , you

23:41

are not going to be healthy . Every

23:43

day you go to the classroom . You're

23:45

not going to go in there if you're sick enough that

23:48

you don't want to risk

23:50

making the kids sick . But sometimes

23:52

you're just going to have a slight cough , sometimes

23:55

you're just going to have an upset stomach . Some

23:57

of the things that I make sure in

24:00

that regard that I always have with

24:02

me are I always

24:04

carry Dayquil or any

24:06

type of off brand . Those

24:09

are the kind that they don't have anahistamines

24:12

in them so it won't do

24:14

much for your sneezing because those

24:16

tend to make you drowsy . Make

24:18

sure you get the one that's got Day in

24:20

its title and that basically

24:22

takes care of coughing , runny

24:25

nose . For the most part you don't

24:27

want to have that inconvenience

24:29

going on while you're trying to teach a class

24:31

. And also throat

24:34

lozenges Everybody likes something

24:36

different . I use Ricola

24:38

. Sometimes I've had the Halls Myntholiptus

24:41

. Probably depends on how severe

24:43

or what you like . I would

24:45

also take some of that antibacterial

24:47

ointment . I haven't been to a classroom

24:50

yet that didn't already have

24:52

those in the room for the kids . Take

24:54

a bottle of your own , keep it on your desk , keep

24:57

your hands clean , especially after

24:59

you've been there , and the kids understand

25:02

that . I guarantee you no kids are going to be offended because

25:05

you just helped him and then go clean your hands . So

25:07

have some of that . Then the last

25:09

thing I would just some kind of digestive tablet

25:11

. You know , some people like Alka's Celser

25:13

, some people like other things

25:16

Just take some of that to . Why

25:18

be uncomfortable that afternoon ? So those are

25:20

the things that I always keep with

25:22

me in case I need them . I

25:24

don't go overboard , I don't take them as a precaution

25:27

, but if I need them I'll take them . Now

25:29

, the last things I'm going to mention today

25:32

are more about things

25:34

that I would have in

25:36

your back pocket for knowledge

25:38

. And then I'm going to save one other thing

25:40

that you're probably going to disagree with me

25:42

, but that's okay , I think it's valuable . First

25:46

thing , go on YouTube

25:48

and look for videos of how to

25:50

run those classroom overhead

25:52

projectors . If you don't already

25:55

know . Most of them are

25:57

white . Most of them

25:59

have a white remote control . Most

26:02

of them allow you to both put

26:04

a paper on your desk and shine

26:06

a light , a projection light . All

26:09

that that will then project it onto the board

26:11

, and most of them will let you flip

26:13

between that and anything

26:15

you have on your personal computer , for instance

26:17

, if you want to show CNN

26:19

10 and then immediately

26:22

go back to the paper you have on their desk so

26:24

they can copy notes from you or

26:26

you can provide maps for them . That's

26:29

make sure you know how to do that , and

26:31

there's plenty of YouTube

26:33

videos online to help you with

26:35

that . So , while that's not

26:37

supplies in your bag , that is definitely

26:40

knowledge , I call , in your back pocket . Also

26:43

, keep some fillers in mind . We've talked

26:45

about this . What if you have five

26:47

, ten minutes left at the end of class ? Pull

26:49

up one of those interesting charts

26:52

on the data is beautiful

26:55

channel on YouTube . Some of them

26:57

are fun . You'll find some of them that I

26:59

guarantee . You'll find some that coincide

27:01

with what you're teaching that day . Find

27:04

some good Khan Academy videos so

27:06

that , if you ever need to get to that point

27:08

, you can quickly go there and

27:10

learn about Kahoot . And here's what I want

27:13

you to do . You know I'm a Kahoot guy . I use

27:15

it all the time . I

27:17

often hear high remarks , also for Quizlet

27:20

and quizzes . Please

27:23

, if you've used those last two , definitely

27:26

send me a note . I want to know from

27:28

you how they work . I would love

27:30

to interview you about how they work . And

27:32

then the last thing I would keep in my back pocket

27:35

. You heard this from some of the volleyball

27:37

players we interviewed a couple of weeks ago . Always

27:40

go in with those personal stories

27:42

. Kids love those and then they love

27:44

sharing their own . So that's

27:46

just a way to add to the learning . The

27:49

final thing will require purchase

27:51

. Guys , it's candy

27:53

. Now let me tell you this . Some

27:56

of you are going to say I am not going to reward

27:58

those kids for something they should be doing

28:00

anyway . Okay , go with it that way

28:02

. Here's the conclusion I went to . First

28:05

of all , if you're a member of Sam's Club or anything

28:07

like that , you can get an absolute huge

28:10

bag of candy for next , maybe

28:12

$10 . That will last you months

28:14

, and kids as

28:16

a general rule really don't care what kind

28:18

of candy . Let me tell you what I'm done . I've kind of used

28:20

it as a quote bribe on occasions

28:23

. I'll say at the beginning of the class guys

28:25

, I've got some candy to hand away to

28:27

one person in each class today and

28:29

it's going to be totally random . I'm going to stick

28:32

my finger on the roster and give it to

28:34

whoever I land on . So as

28:36

long as you behave yourselves

28:38

today and don't give

28:40

me a reason to not include

28:42

you in this candy , then

28:45

somebody's going to get a piece of candy and

28:47

it's amazing how much

28:49

just a little package of maybe Starburst

28:53

is well received by the students

28:55

in that class . So keep some

28:57

of those around . It enhances

29:00

some of the games you play . Maybe keep

29:02

enough to hand out to the winners of each

29:04

team . But there you

29:06

have it , guys . That's my sub

29:08

bag . Not much in the bag . A lot

29:10

of it's mental , medical

29:12

. A small amount of that was actually stuff

29:14

that I make sure I have every day . You've

29:17

got ideas and I want to

29:19

hear them . So , greg Collins

29:21

, substitute at gmailcom

29:24

or go to the substitute teachers

29:26

lounge Facebook page

29:28

. Let me know what's in your goodies bag

29:30

as a substitute teacher and

29:33

hopefully I'll have more to

29:35

share with you next week

29:37

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