Emily Wilson long-term subs for teacher Jordan Crandall

Lakeview teacher Jordan Crandall has just had a baby and is on maternity leave, so Emily Wilson is in Crandall's place for the rest of the school year. Crandall will return next school year.

   This semester, Crandall taught biology for three blocks and one skinny period, so Wilson took over teaching the biology classes. 

   Before this, Wilson substituted in random classes that needed a substitute for the day, so this is a little different than her usual day-to-day work routine. She started subbing for Crandall on May 6th and will be in that class until the end of the school year.

   Wilson has a teaching certification in English, but since she has access to lesson plans and a routine, she enjoys teaching biology.

    “Mrs. Crandall is super organized, so she had started preparing all the lessons in January, so everything was ready,” said Wilson. 

   “The biggest challenge was that I had no technology access, so I didn't have access to PowerSchool or Schoology from Wednesday to Wednesday, so we had to get creative with their education,” said Wilson.

   The students enjoy having Wilson as their substitute and being able to talk to her about anything.

   “She's there for you to talk to about anything in your life and is very understanding if you're having a hard day, ” said student Annabella Stechow, 27’.

   Each time Wilson is subbing, she puts a poll on the front board for students to answer in their opinion and put a tally mark by it.

   “She still does her poll of the day, and she even had us fill out sticky notes because she was running out of ideas,” said student Breana Scola, 27’.