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HS Sub-Day Percussion Plan

A ready-to-leave substitute plan for a high school percussion class

For a day you are out. Before the day, you fill in your contacts, your school's procedures and today's plan. A substitute who is not a percussion specialist then supervises familiar routines you have assigned. Student leaders help organize the work, and the adult stays in charge.

  • On sale · one ZIP download
  • Print on US Letter and write by hand
  • A teacher copy and a student copy

What's in the plan

One ZIP of three files: a teacher copy PDF, a student copy PDF and a read-me. The PDFs are on US Letter, to print and write on by hand.

  • A 7-page teacher copy that you complete before the day and leave for the substitute:
    • A teacher/substitute handoff, with the contacts and school procedures you fill in
    • Today's plan, in timed blocks you set for your class period
    • Before-class and during-class checklists
    • Student-helper assignments
    • Troubleshooting, with the local responses you write in
    • After-class steps and a report to the director
  • A 2-page student copy: a routine reference and an end-of-class report
  • No fillable fields and no slides

Teacher copy

Page 1 of the teacher copy, the teacher/substitute handoff: who the plan is for, what to complete before the coverage day, and blanks for the date, class, substitute, director and contacts, with two lines each for the school-approved emergency and behavior instructions. Page 3 of the teacher copy, today's plan: blanks for the class start, end and reset times and the posted goal, and a table of four blocks, setup, familiar warm-up, main work and peer feedback, and teardown and report, each with planned minutes and a student helper.

Student copy: the routine and the report

Page 1 of the student copy, today's routine and report: the four steps of the class in order, setup, familiar warm-up, assigned work and peer feedback, and teardown and report, each with a check box, what to do if equipment seems unsafe or a direction is missing, and lines for the posted goal and the student's assigned familiar work. Page 2 of the student copy, the end-of-class report: name and class, five check-box statements about following directions and staying in the assigned area, and three lines each for what went well, what needs attention and the next rehearsal target.

HS Sub-Day Percussion Plan: $4 USD before applicable tax. One-time purchase.

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Print on US Letter at Actual Size, and leave room for handwriting.

Before you use it

You fill it in first

Complete the contacts, school procedures and local responses in the teacher copy, and set the timed blocks for your class period, before the day you are out.

Familiar work only

The substitute supervises routines and music your students already know, as you assign them. It is not a technique lesson.

Two copies

Print the student copy separately from the teacher copy, so your contacts stay with the adult.

Fits

A high school percussion class on a day you are out, with a substitute who is not a percussion specialist supervising familiar, teacher-assigned routines. Student leaders help; the adult stays in charge.

What it is not

It is not for marching-band operations, and it is not a graded assessment. It does not claim NCAS, TEKS or PAS alignment. No student accounts: students write on paper.

License

For classroom use by the purchaser. Do not resell, redistribute, or post the files publicly.

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