Maternity Leave Planning and Editable Resources for Teachers
MATERNITY LEAVE PLANNING
I am getting reading to head out on my second maternity leave in April and in the process I have started created my long-term, maternity love teacher sub plans binder. I did a very short and sweet blog post and free resource last time I went on leave. This time, I am going on a leave during a completely different time of year and had to/wanted to make an updated resource. I know there are 9 million different policies and procedures for how long-term leave works for others, but nonetheless, I think the hardest part is knowing where to begin with something like this.
Where Do I Begin?
I find that with something that can be pretty comprehensive like this, it’s just kind of hard to know what information is crucial and how to even go about formatting it all. I used what I created for my sub plans the last go around, and then formatted so it was much easier to just fill in the blanks this go around. I’m just going to jump right into it. These are the sections that were included in my maternity leave binder this time around:
- Notes to Teacher
- Long-Term Leave Sub Plans Important Information
- Daily Schedule
- General Layout of Each Class Period
- Grading Overview for Each Class
- Teaching Overview and Philosophy of Teaching (Classroom Management)
- 7th Grade ELA Weekly and Daily Pacing for Anne Frank Unit
- 8th Grade ELA Weekly and Daily Pacing for To Kill a Mockingbird Unit
- High School Creative Writing Weekly Pacing breakdown
- Middle School Books and Movies Elective Weekly Pacing breakdown
- Short Terms Lesson Plans Editable Information Forms
- BONUS: Anne Frank Unit
- BONUS: Editable ELA Pacing Guide
Maternity Leave Informational Sheets
I made a very basic (and honestly kind of terribly formatted, for others) set of informational sheets the last time I went on leave. They were fine, but when I went back this go around, I wished I had made categories of information with tables or boxes that I could fill in. Because of that, this time around, I did exactly that. These long-term leave sub plans forms are 100% editable so that you could look at the category of information (in the teal-colored columns) and then delate my information (to the right in the white rows) or eve just leave the information if it applies.
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The first 35-40 pages of the editable long-term plans (pictured below) are 100% editable informational forms. These first 35-40 pages are meant to be used by any teacher in any grade that needs to go on some type of long-term leave.
Editable Unit Pacing Guides for Novel Studies
Although not every teacher, if any, will teach the same units I am leaving for my long-term sub plans, I know that I just like seeing how people map stuff out to get me started that. Because of that, i have also included 6-8 weeks of an editable daily pacing guide if you would like to use the same format. I have included my Anne Frank unit as an extra bonus, in case you can and do want to leave that with your sub. In that case, the information, sub plans, and pacing would be 100% done for you. NOTE: We don’t have school on Fridays, but I have added Friday rows in the editable file.
Free Editable Informational Forms
Like I stated before, I did make a maternity leave binder last time with some horribly formatted forms. I did offer them as a freebie and wanted to continue that (but still update the hot mess situations that they were haha). I always left the old, not-as-easy-to-use ones in the file in case you have used them before or want to see some of the differences from this time to last.
You can get those by clicking here or on the image below. This freebie includes about 15 editable forms for you to use. It’s not as editable and personable as the full resource, and it doesn’t include any pacing or bonuses, but it’s a great resource for a reference or to get started.
I also included an editable version of my maternity leave pacing and forms for you to use if you want! This one was from my first maternity leave. It’s pretty specific to me and my classroom, but I know sometimes just seeing the ideas is super helpful. So just click the picture below.
Short-Term Emergency Sub Plans
Lastly, in the process of all this, I worked on some short-term editable emergency sub plans. These are meant to be print and go (after you edit your information) and they are available in my TPT store. However, these are an exclusive freebie for newsletter subscribers, so subscribe here or on the image below and have them sent directly to your inbox. 
I also made her a basket that had all the teacher copies of the books so she had everything because I tend to stuff my copies of things wherever. I didn’t want her to have to go hunting. Lastly, I also put everything on a flash drive. I mean EVERYTHING… that way she could print as needed.
This sub plans organization blog post is part of a classroom organization series. This is part nine of ten blog posts all about how I organize different areas of my classroom. Click on any of the links to be taken to each of the posts in the series:
- One: Lesson Planning and Lesson Materials Organization
- Two: Teacher Materials Organization
- Three: Student Materials Organization
- Four: Classroom Routines and Novels Organization
- Five: Classroom Library Organization
- Six: Small Group Organization
CLICK HERE to get the complete printable organization E-Book
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