My Career as a Substitute Teacher
Title
My Career as a Substitute Teacher
Creator
Jacob Schlitt
Description
"In June 1949, I graduated from CCNY, during July and August, I worked as a counselor at Camp CEJWIN, in September, I started taking classes as part of the newly created Master’s in Education program at CCNY, (known as the Free Fifth Year) and I took the teachers’ examinations to enable me to be a substitute teacher in the NYC school system."
(Fragment. See also: "My Career as a Substitute Teacher" [2009])
(Fragment. See also: "My Career as a Substitute Teacher" [2009])
Date
2010
Format
application/pdf
Type
text
Language
en
Coverage
1949/1950
Identifier
MY_CAREER_AS_A_SUBSTITUTE_TEACHER
Text
MY CAREER AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
In June 1949, I graduated from CCNY, during July and August, I worked as a counselor at Camp CEJWIN, in September, I started taking classes as part of the newly created Master’s in Education program at CCNY, (known as the Free Fifth Year) and I took the teachers’ examinations to enable me to be a substitute teacher in the NYC school system. When I was notified that I passed, I contacted several schools to let them know I was available to work as a substitute.
It was a strange system, being a day-to-day substitute. You wait at your phone to be called when a school has a last-minute vacancy. As soon as you get the call, and you accept it, you rush to the subway to get to the school. ( I had contacted a few schools in my neighborhood which I could get to on foot, including my old junior high school (52) and the “girls” junior high school (60).
In June 1949, I graduated from CCNY, during July and August, I worked as a counselor at Camp CEJWIN, in September, I started taking classes as part of the newly created Master’s in Education program at CCNY, (known as the Free Fifth Year) and I took the teachers’ examinations to enable me to be a substitute teacher in the NYC school system. When I was notified that I passed, I contacted several schools to let them know I was available to work as a substitute.
It was a strange system, being a day-to-day substitute. You wait at your phone to be called when a school has a last-minute vacancy. As soon as you get the call, and you accept it, you rush to the subway to get to the school. ( I had contacted a few schools in my neighborhood which I could get to on foot, including my old junior high school (52) and the “girls” junior high school (60).
Original Format
application/msword
Collection
Citation
Jacob Schlitt, “My Career as a Substitute Teacher,” Autobiographical stories & other writing by Jacob Schlitt, accessed April 25, 2024, https://tsirlson.omeka.net/items/show/121.