Fast, Easy, & Simple Sub Plans for All Teachers
Every teacher knows the feeling. You wake up sick, or your own kid wakes up sick, and now you're lying in bed at 6am trying to remember your daily schedule well enough to write emergency sub plans from a fog of cold medicine.
It doesn't have to be that hard.
Why Every Classroom Needs a Sub Binder
A good sub binder, or sub tub if that's more your style, is one of those things that sounds simple but takes real time to build right. It needs your daily schedule, your class list, your classroom routines, behavior expectations, and enough detailed instructions that a substitute who has never met your students can get through the school day without guessing.
The problem isn't knowing what needs to go in there. You know your classroom better than anyone. The problem is finding the extra time to sit down, write it all out, and make it look organized, especially when sub days tend to show up with zero warning.
Solid Sub Plans for Every Kind of Classroom
This is built for real classrooms, not just one kind. Whether you're a classroom teacher with the same group of students all day, a special education teacher managing small groups and specific supports, or a middle school or high school teacher moving through different class periods, there's a version built around how your school day actually works.
Grade level flexibility: works for younger students all the way up to older students, including 5th grade through high school students
Subject areas: general classroom routines that work across social studies, English language arts, and beyond
Class period structure: built for teachers with one class list all day and teachers juggling multiple class periods
How It Works
This is the easiest way I've found to get ready-to-go sub plans without spending your evening on it.
Log in with Google
Answer a set of pre-built questions about your classroom, your daily schedule, your important information, and your necessary materials
Get a personalized sub plan template saved straight to your Drive
The good news is your browser remembers your answers, so next time you need it, most of the basic information is already filled in. Update what's changed, and you're done.
Built for Real Sub Days, Not Just Emergency Situations
Sub plans aren't only for the middle of the night emergency situations. They're for personal days, planned time off, and any single day you know ahead of time you'll be out. Having solid sub plans ready means you're never scrambling at the start of the school year or any other time of the school year.
A few things teachers tell us make the biggest difference:
Clear instructions a substitute can follow without asking a helpful student what's supposed to happen next
Easy access to important information like emergency plans, school information, and special events
Work time and independent practice built in, so students have something productive to do even without their classroom teacher
Classroom management basics so behavior issues are less likely to derail the day
Peace of Mind, Not Busy Work
The best part of having this ready ahead of time isn't just saving yourself work. It's the peace of mind that comes from knowing that if you're out, your classroom is in good hands. No last minute scrambling, no digging for a template at 6am, no guessing what a substitute needs to know.
Get your sub plans built and ready to go before you need them.
FAQS
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No. This is not AI-generated. You log in with Google, answer questions about your own classroom, and your answers are used to build your sub plan template. Nothing is written for you by AI.
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There are three versions, built around how your school day actually works: Elementary, for a classroom teacher with the same group of students all day. Departmentalized, for teachers moving through different class periods with different class lists each period. Specials, for teachers on a rotation schedule rather than a set daily schedule.
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No. Your browser remembers your answers, so most of the basic information is already filled in the next time you need it. You just update what's changed since last time.
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Yes. This works for both emergency lesson plans and any planned sub day you know about ahead of time, like a personal day or a school event.
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It's built to flex from younger students through older students, grade level by grade level, from elementary up through middle school and high school students.
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No. It's built to work for classroom teachers, special education teachers, and teachers across different subject areas, including social studies and English language arts.
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You answer a set of pre-built questions, and your personalized sub plan is saved straight to your Google Drive. It's built to be the easiest way to get ready-to-go sub plans without spending your evening on it.
