Gift for Sub- Maternity Leave

[wishuponastar]

I have 2 weeks left of my maternity leave. (I was hoping for more, but my HR department didnt know what to do with adoptions, and it was a struggle to get this time).

Anyway, I am a teacher. And I have had a wonderful substitute fill in the whole time (on short notice). I was wondering if any of you have any ideas for a gift to give her.

TIA!

[ladyprof]

What a sweet idea! When I took of for my twins I didn't get my sub anything. But it was a man and my Dean so it seemed awkward. I'm sure she would love a little something.

Do you know anything about her? A gift card (like Starbuck's or Target) might be nice with a card or bath stuff for relaxation?

[tomorrowisanotherday]

When I did my student teaching, my cooperating teacher gave me a monogrammed "teacher bag" with pens, stationary, etc. Might be a nice gesture since as a substitute she will probably have another long term position where she can use those things. I'm a teacher too, but I gave the substitute my job as a gift, so I'm not sure what I would do. LoL

[ashlantic]

That's so sweet of you! When I was subbing the teacher I did a long term for wrote me a letter of recommendation and asked a couple parents to write letters for me. She knew I was looking for a fulltime teaching position so that meant so much that she wanted to do that for me. She had the students make me cards too saying thank you and that they would miss me.

[kellimark]

I sub sometimes and like the idea of the bag of stuff .
You could let them know that you can try to request them on further jobs.
Also restaurant gift cards are nice

[sgio7485]

I'm also a teacher and I'm planning on a gift bag with a gift certificate for a mani/pedi, some chocolate and a bottle of wine for some probably much needed relaxation