by Melissa Stouffer | Aug 19, 2025 | All, Back to School, Subs
I know BTS is the time we think about curriculum and decor, but sub tubs are an important thing to consider as well. Gosh forbid that you need to miss the first week of school, but it does happen! Let’s talk about the basics you need right when you go back to...
by Melissa Stouffer | Sep 5, 2023 | All, Subs
Sub Tubs or Sub Binders are really an important tool to have set up early in the year. Waiting until you feel lousy is a recipe for disaster (aka – you trying to power through a cold because setting up sub activities is hard than trying trying to power through...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jan 25, 2022 | All, Subs
When you have a sub, a lot things may not go as planned. One of my subbing experiences (luckily for a band director!) involved sub plans for Google Classroom and nothing else. Except the entire school lost internet. But if I hadn’t been a music sub in a music...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jan 18, 2022 | All, Subs
A Sub Tub is a crucial thing to have put together. Subs are a hot commodity, and good preparation for a sub means that if you get someone, preparing well for them can be an incentive for them to come back to your room again. I think Sub Tubs work better than a binder...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jun 8, 2020 | All, Subs, Tech
So now that you’ve explored Digital Classrooms — what do you do with them? If you are just getting started, check out this post. We all know that people are pushing back from long hours, lots of extra work, etc., so you don’t want to just add to the...
by Melissa Stouffer | May 11, 2020 | All, Distance Learning, Subs, Tech
So the current rage in teacher groups is the digital classroom, digital library, etc. You make a Google Slide presentation, add an empty room background, and then add clip art, book covers, bitmojis and more to your room that when finished, can be shared with your...
