 Good morning, everyone. Welcome back to another Apple's NTR's vlog. So today is going to be a vlog all about maternity leave. If you all are new here, my name is Charlotte, and I am a fourth grade science and social studies teacher in Northern Arizona, and I'm also 38 weeks pregnant as of today and So it is Monday. It is the first day of spring break, and I am just here in my classroom Which I have prepared for maternity leave. Oh, excuse me, which I've prepared for maternity leave I'm actually meeting up with my long-term sub today To just go over everything that I have left for him Show him where everything is in the classroom that way when he comes in on Monday after spring break He has a pretty good grasp on what's going on a little bit of information about my sub He has been our sub a handful of times here in our grade level just in general and He adores our students and the students adore him. And so we asked him if he would be interested in taking on a longer position Filling in for me for maternity leave, which is going to last all the way through the end of the school year So my maternity leave officially begins March 18th and ends May 23rd I think it is I think it's about nine weeks total It is unpaid. I do not get FMLA I've only been in this district less than a year. So it makes me ineligible for a lot of benefits I believe I might be able to get short-term disability just because I've been paying into it this whole year And I will also get my performance pay at the end of the school year, which is great So thank goodness for that. But otherwise this maternity leave is extremely unpaid I Think that's him down there. He might be walking up right now. But anyways, so our sub he is going to be fabulous He is a retired teacher Middle school math He's a navy sailor He is just this sweet sweet older gentleman who is taking on this position and The kiddos are so excited He said for us a couple times like I mentioned and when we told them that he was going to be their long-term sub It was just so sweet how they like cheered and they were so excited and some of them are crying so happy So it's just a great situation. Um, the kids are going to go into it knowing who their sub is knowing him and so anyway, I feel very confident in his abilities and um, I don't feel like I need to like Worry as much. So anyway, um, I'm not gonna I'm gonna kind of just show you guys around the room and show you how I've kind of set up for him He is coming like any minute. So I'll pause this video when he gets here and I'll have to chat with him a bit, but Let's get into it. Okay. So um, just A quick pan of the room um, I cleaned the room and organized everything On friday before I left Nothing has really changed too much. The layout is still the same I believe he is going to utilize the carpet space. So I left that there for him I cleaned my desk area. I took my printer away because I that is a personal printer and I just I pay for the ink. It's an instant ink printer and I just don't want to waste any ink. Um, so I put it away. It's actually Up there So I put it away and I put the paper cutter and that kind of thing here my easy grader is here I don't really use this much, but it's okay if he needs it Um, and then everything he might need pens um stamps markers scissors I put my toolbox here because I felt like A it's less accessible for the kids B if he needs it, it's right here. Um, they are supposed to be moving that desktop computer from the back of the room To right here I might actually try to do it myself before I leave today because there is a plug under there So I might try to just do it and have it set up, but I do need them to set up the printing on it Um, and then I did leave the capability for him to extend the screen and use the desktop or the monitor Um, and then otherwise I moved everything away. I kept the calendar there because I figured he'd probably want to use it Um, just to write down important dates that were coming up And then I took my cart out Because I'm going to use it at home and I just have this little setup for him with all of the teaching supplies that I used to use These are just the highlighters And then these are just like generic Tools he might need um Over here This is my learning target space. So today I will so that I can I'll know I've got it when And then a system I started working on on my own that I'm that I told him about And I'm hoping he'll use actually he's calling me right now. Okay, so you guys are gonna laugh at me, but I totally forgot that I was filming a vlog Showing you guys everything that I did for my sub So I'm just gonna quick tell you And then call this vlog what it is because I like my pregnancy brain is so bad I mean, I'm gonna have a baby in like 12 days and my brain just doesn't work anymore. Like we're done so, um that calendar I just showed you was for Writing down what task or assignment Was given that day And then the other calendar Is to keep track of which kids are there And which kids are absent So I just write the name of the student who's gone that day that way if it's an activity Then I could excuse them from like if it's something that they don't really need to do That's going in the gradebook that I can excuse them from I can excuse it um Another thing that I left for my sub was a binder That is full of information. I actually just purchased one on teachers pay teachers And then I filled out all of my information. So it has like a narrative on each of my behavior students it has pages of Like class rosters allergies sped kids Emergency procedures morning routines afternoon routines how to get in the tv how to get on Chromebooks like it has everything that they would need in it Or that he would need in it And then inside of that binder. I also printed out My mystery science unit information. So Um, if you've never used mystery science before it's so great. It has all these resources for you. You print out the Um instruction on prep for each unit and it kind of tells you like exactly how the unit's going to go Um, and then we also printed out the first week's lessons worth of copies um, I also set up the first couple days of like growth mindset and um, like Like all the welcome back stuff what I also did was I made a um, I have an empty grade book there for him with all of the rosters printed so you can just fill in grades Um, then he'll transfer them to the power school account I also put all of the discipline stuff in a pile and talked him through that Um, basically how our school runs discipline. I just explained everything to him through that I left lined paper Blank paper in a special location for him to use if students ask for that so that he doesn't have to go into my cabinets I went through and showed him everything in my cabinets that he can use That's like science Um, like tools like rulers tape cups pretty much where everything is I gave him a tour of the whole room Showed him what students should and should not be touching Um, I also have my I don't know if I mentioned this earlier when I was talking but my My it people are supposed to be moving that computer for him But I did get him signed on to a student computer so that at least he can use that in a pinch if they don't get him one It's just like an extra student device crumb book that he can use. I showed him how to work the tv I even made him his own little pickston character with all the kids and set it as the background for the computer Um, or for the tv so that when it turns on it's like him with the kids and not me with the kids um What else did I do? I left packets of like Units that he might want to use for social studies Um, I sent him a whole folder on google drive that has everything in it. He would need seating charts um student rosters Agenda slide templates And then a whole google slideshow on websites that I like to use Um with the passwords and the user Name for all of them and it's like a running document So I can continue to add things there throughout the next two weeks if I feel he needs something else And then when he just came in we went through everything together. I showed him how to make copies Um, I also wrote that down There's like a whole tech page And then um I asked if he had any questions So we went over like things that he wanted to know. He's just such a nice guy Like he's such he's my mom's same age. So he's like, you know 60 age. I think is how he is Retired from the navy retired from teaching I'm just so like grateful that we found him Um, I think it's just going to be wonderful. So anyway I still have some things to do Before spring break is over. I need to grade several essays still and put all those scores into power school Um, our report cards don't have to be posted until after the break It gives teachers all of break to Finalize those grades. So I do have to finish those And then there's a couple of little things I wanted to do on the google classroom Just so that he didn't have to do it like posting links to mystery science Um, I wanted to change the little classroom thing and have it be him on there instead of me Just little things like that That I want to do just like on the computer Um Before the kids go back on monday I also want to film a video for them to post in google classroom. So they have that And overall there's just a great it's been a great experience so far Planning and prepping for this maternity leave. I don't feel very stressed Um, it also is helpful that I'm not returning to the classroom Like this classroom, I will return to that school and to that classroom in that grade level next year Um in august, but I'm not returning to teach this group of students again So I told him I'm like if there's a procedure or an expectation or something that you want to change Go ahead and change it to suit your style because I'm not returning to something I need to fix or change back And he's a retired teacher. So I know he knows what's going on I know he knows how to establish routines and procedures So I'm not worried about any of that and it's just so lovely and so Fresh um There was a slight chance that we were going to get a sub who had never subbed before who was just um Like interested in the position and was thinking about getting into subbing Um, and so for a minute there, I was very stressed and thinking that I might have to completely like Train somebody and it was going to be stressful. But um, then we found Um, my sub we are having Now I feel really good about it. So anyway, I apologize for like totally dipping out of the classroom and like not finishing Showing you guys everything but I wanted to walk him out and I didn't want to have to go back in I was just kind of at a point where it's like, well, I don't really need to say anything else We don't need to stay like we're good And um, it just made sense to walk out. So I'm so sorry that I didn't even finish Showing you guys everything. I feel so like dumb and airheaded. Um, but it is what it is I'm getting ready to have a baby. My head is not In that space. I have so many other things. I'm thinking about like I this afternoon My mom and I have to go to target and like finish Getting all the things we need like I need stuff from my hospital bag and You know, um a couple of other little random things Because we're down to the last 12 days Um Because I do I am having a scheduled c-section I'll have to go into that information another video That's another question. I have if you're still watching Do you guys want me to like keep you posted on how maternity leave's going like post more Mom family related videos here on this channel. I know you guys are here for the house stuff Um, but since I'm not like teaching anymore until august Are you guys interested in like an everyday kind of weekly vlog situation involving baby and all that stuff because I watch a ton of like mom channels And I wouldn't say I'm a mom channel Um So I don't know should we shift into that for a couple months You guys let me know put the baby emoji down in the just in the Comments if you guys are interested and if you want me to continue posting About baby related stuff. I won't do like a what's in my hospital bag or like what's in my nursery or like Any of that stuff because I know like that's just not what you guys are here for but like a regular What I'm up to vlog once a week would be pretty fun for me to do Um, just to give me something to keep me busy And I can give you guys updates on how the kids are doing how my subs doing Um and all that so drop a baby emoji if you're interested in that and then I guess that's it for this video If you guys have any questions about maternity leave or anything like that in the state of arizona Please drop those questions down in the description or not the description Please drop those questions down in the comments and I'd be more than happy to answer those Um other than that that's the end of this vlog. So thank you guys for watching and I'll see you in the next one