Substitute Turns Teacher

Ash Merritt
Editor-in-Chief
  Bonneville High School (BHS) gains a new staff each school year. This year BHS has a multitude of new staff, one of them being Ms. Sarah Crume. She is a math teacher who keeps her classroom light-hearted and engaging. 
  Before Crume accepted a position at BHS, she taught as a substitute teacher for numerous schools. She subbed for Mrs. Minton, an old math teacher, last school year. Crume had taught geometry and Algebra 2 while Minton took a trimester off to care for her newborn. Crume has always wanted to teach, and “now that [her] kids are at school, [she has the] freedom to actually go for it.” She now has the opportunity to follow her passion and teach math to her students. Ms. Crume has been to a multitude of the high schools as a substitute, and each had their own specialties; however, she loved BHS more than anywhere else. She goes on to explain that “it’s [one of her] favorite school[s] to work at. Bonneville is the most welcoming and [has a] homey feeling.”Having been a substitute teacher before, Crume is eager to be in her own classroom which she can structure to her liking. Now that she has her own room, Crume explains that she does “like having that freedom to kind of do what [she does] best and set [her room] up in a way that is enjoyable.” She is assigned a room to decorate and fill with motivational posters and knickknacks of her own this year. Crume says the biggest thing a teacher can do is be “flexible because [they] never know what the day is going to bring.” She claims that a teacher needs to be able to read the room and “tweak things just a little bit.” A teacher could tweak the lesson or be ready for a day where their students are not productive; furthermore, she believes a teacher should be ready for the difficult and easy days that come with teaching students.

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