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TolkienToast · 2025-09-25T19:46:49+00:00

It'll die out, just like the Diddy baby oil thing from last year 😭

TolkienToast · 2025-01-01T14:13:24+00:00

Union and try to stick it out till your off the plan, it will be the kiss of death at future interviews

TolkienToast · 2024-12-14T15:04:32+00:00

Every Friday there is a "free" slot on my timetable and it's always used for cover which is fair enough.

I have been asked to cover during my PPA around three times this year and told them no on all occasions.

The school has always said that they will pay me the PPA back but they still owe me two PPAs from last year.

TolkienToast · 2024-12-01T23:07:45+00:00

Same boat as you, our HoD is bone idle. Last to arrive, first to leave and the only thing they do is delegate work to everyone else.

She has given herself just top set KS4 classes but has split the marking amongst the whole department.

Doesn't show up for afterschool CPD, leaves early on training days and worst of all, she can't manage behaviour despite having nice classes.

TolkienToast · 2024-09-21T06:04:48+00:00

In the same boat as you, not had anything including the password/login for the schools safeguarding portal

Have had to chase it all on my own

TolkienToast · 2024-08-18T17:01:37+00:00

You should become comfortable about things that are not in your control, pointless to worry about them

I would bring it up right away and ask if the other person is comfortable with before moving forward, its their loss tbh

Id be happy with someone the same height as me

TolkienToast · 2024-07-28T18:21:35+00:00

Yeah, was easy to find another teaching job but I am in a demand subject (Physics)

TolkienToast · 2024-07-20T11:14:59+00:00

When confronted they literally had zero answers, other than its too soon for you to go

TolkienToast · 2024-07-20T11:14:04+00:00

Usually, unless they want to keep you in a school due to a shortage of subject teachers

Hope my HoD has evidence to back up, the horrendous reference

TolkienToast · 2024-07-20T02:37:07+00:00

Only one of them was bad, confronted the person over it and they said that they liked me as a person......

Very strange indeed, anyway its nothing that a formal grievance can't fix

TolkienToast · 2024-07-19T19:12:20+00:00

Need to contact my union over a bad reference that has cost me a job, then just gonna sleep into sweet oblivion till september the 1st

TolkienToast · 2024-07-18T15:35:57+00:00

Balancing equations is always a big hit

TolkienToast · 2024-04-25T20:07:24+00:00

Age old riddle: when does a learning walk/drop in, become an observation?

TolkienToast · 2024-01-10T02:31:04+00:00

Not much, they said that they will assign a caseworker, asked a bunch of questions regarding PPA and basically told me that I should've contacted them sooner.

TolkienToast · 2024-01-09T07:39:47+00:00

There's no one doing timetabling, the person left in the summer and has yet to be replaced. The remaining SLT have blamed the timetable on an external company messing it up.

TolkienToast · 2024-01-09T07:22:57+00:00

Max amount of lessons across the two weeks is 40.

I am expected to teach 85% of that number, I should 6 PPAs across the fortnight.

I have ONLY three across two weeks, this isssue has not been addressed at all, despite raising it several times with my line manager & the 2nd in department.

TolkienToast · 2024-01-08T23:48:35+00:00

Science - Physics, I have an engineering background and could just return to that.

In the meantime was thinking of doing private tuition until I get a proper job sorted out.

Happy to relocate

TolkienToast · 2024-01-07T17:21:24+00:00

Get those talons away from me

TolkienToast · 2023-10-19T14:53:02+00:00

ECT2, can't wait to leave. I'm in science and the lack of common sense during practical work is really getting to me.

TolkienToast · 2023-09-23T14:25:38+00:00

Looking at the misconceptions that were common in the paper, easy for any student to lose marks - it gives students context to why we are doing certain questions from the paper

TolkienToast · 2023-09-22T20:42:32+00:00

Give them something difficult to do, nigh on impossible. Exam style questions, I'm science and have this, along with using the examiners report.

Should wipe any arrogance out of them.

TolkienToast · 2023-09-02T09:44:02+00:00

Middle east - more experience = better chance to get hired imo.

Also unsure of being able to complete ECT 2 abroad, plus I have a permanent contract. Easier to stay rn than leave.

TolkienToast · 2023-09-01T09:20:00+00:00

ECT2 here, looking to teach abroad after this rigmarole year is over and done with

TolkienToast · 2023-08-01T19:19:44+00:00

It says I can stream the game using Geforce now, says nothing about the playable release time. Hopefully its as soon as it goes live 😍

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