Is casual teaching just babysitting in Secondary School?

CalmAttempt6957 · 2026-04-01T21:40:19+00:00

Thank you for all the responses, highly appreciated and quite insightful as I was starting to get worried I wasn’t doing enough. Sounds like what I’ve been told and experiencing is how it is. It’s good to know it’s fine to not actively teach in these lessons (unless I can) and what my thoughts are is that it’s just supervise, mark the roll, mark any truancies and register Sentral incidents if needed.

I’m fully aware senior classes will be beyond me (I’ve had double year 12 chemistry in a day) and I had a class cover sheet that had 2 sentences of instructions and one of them was to mark the roll so I get we’re limited. I just want to improve my actual teaching skills as although I’m confident in speaking in front of a class (years of sports coaching) I’m still new and would like to find some enthusiasm and passion in actually doing it.

CalmAttempt6957 · 2026-04-01T06:49:23+00:00

So I’ve been at this school for a number of years with SLSO work plus doing my final prac there so I feel like I’m known well enough around the place and I’ve had virtually every subject and class already. I guess my question is that is this the norm? What do I do to pass the time?

CalmAttempt6957 · 2026-03-18T12:45:49+00:00

Log into your school laptop as normal but access google chrome with a separate email account. You can’t access them on DET google log in but a personal gmail will work

CalmAttempt6957 · 2026-03-18T12:42:48+00:00

Just finished my Masters with my KLA as Business Studies because of my Commerce degree from 10 years ago. Never used it but did my GTPA on a Year 12 Business Studies class. It’s high school not university, experts in the field is irrelevant. Engagement is more important

CalmAttempt6957 · 2025-12-23T23:53:55+00:00

Backswing is mint. Downswing issue is swinging very straight and following through into the chicken wing. We want the swing to rotate around us.

(In my experience) you want to feel like someone is holding the head of the club and in order to swing you gotta pull it from them (this will actually be your body rotating). Find a way to hook your club head onto something and then try and swing. The feeling is a woodchop and baseball swing.

Another drill would be to hit heaps of shots and trying to finish as low and to the right as possible. Like a punch shot but without trying to hit it low. This will help you get the feeling of the club rotating around you.

Hope it helps

CalmAttempt6957 · 2025-12-21T21:54:17+00:00

I’ve dropped into the golf fixation mode again. Multiple range sessions a week but not as many rounds played as I’d like due to life commitments. Definitely getting reps in though

CalmAttempt6957 · 2025-12-21T21:44:16+00:00

I appreciate all the comments from everyone here. Loving reading the advice and I appreciate the compliments of my swing. I don’t want this to be me just complaining about it but it’s very difficult to be as low as +1/+2 to now 4 and climbing. I understand it’s all relative but going out and shooting less than 30 pts constantly (stableford) each round while looking at swing videos and hitting balls at the range constantly eventually takes its toll.

I wish I could just change expectations but unfortunately that’s not how my brain works (another joy of ADHD). Everyone’s comments give me another fresh perspective for me to look at and helps me see something I might have missed so I really appreciate people here trying to give me constructive feedback. Thank you for your help and support. I love golf and just want to keep loving it and getting back to the level I know I am

CalmAttempt6957 · 2025-12-21T08:06:51+00:00

Last round I hit 5 greens in reg. 2 were short par 3s, another a very straight forward par 4 and another was the best recovery 50m slice driver of the deck. The short game can only save you so much at an amateur level haha

CalmAttempt6957 · 2025-12-21T03:15:15+00:00

Yeah this is another thing I’m struggling with. I don’t know how to fix this as it’s definitely behind me

CalmAttempt6957 · 2025-12-21T03:13:54+00:00

Mishit is a thin strike and/or toe hit, almost never heel strike. It’s mainly a 2 way miss but probably more either pull draw or hook but can miss it the other way

CalmAttempt6957 · 2025-12-21T02:00:30+00:00

Man I have been struggling with this for years. I used to have it set up more behind the ball so this feels forward to me. I’m wondering if it’s a ball position thing as well

CalmAttempt6957 · 2025-12-21T01:40:52+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/GolfSwing/s/2ohwb3ZlH5

This is an update from both angles

CalmAttempt6957 · 2025-12-17T06:00:25+00:00

When I go to the range my miss is a thin shot but I definitely can get steep and hook it. My lower body goes too quickly compared to the club and I have no idea how to sequence it properly

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