I don't know who I heard this from, but its a brilliant idea:
- Hold a meeting and include as many people qualified to fill the role of "extra teacher" as possible. Give a presentation and tell them what you do and how great it is.
- Pass around a calender and ask if each teacher will sign up for a day or two to supervise.
I've been told that some teachers, after seeing what really goes on, WANTED to come more often to supervise.
This allows the teachers to help out without giving a huge time commitment. The days that don't get volunteers might require some voluntolding by high-er ups (as you mentioned this has happened before), surprise voluntolding (students asking teachers
really nicely), or condensed meetings (only x amount of kids working on projects a, b, and c can come).
Solutions that don't involve barring students!
