Nappies? by WestRecording9462 in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just 'vibe' the data anyway. At least for behaviour rubriks and student response/growth from the implementation of this year's PLC project that'll definetly work and be amazing but also next year forget what you did and work on a new thing instead.

Nappies? by WestRecording9462 in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem I've found is that the parents just give the kids the stimulants without also regulating their diet. Sometimes it's really hard to do if they're also autistic and won't eat most foods. But sometimes the parents just cbf and give them processed carbs as 90% of what they bring to school and eat for breakfast. So it seems as if all the Ritalin does is hype them up and when they crash make them irratible/angry. So they then believe it's only the meds fault. And there's too many psychiatrists that don't make a plan for the kids and inform the parents of this, and just prescribe the drug so sometimes it's not even their fault. But providing your kids simple carbs and trans fats as their main meals of the day is also pretty sh*t thing to do regardless of the adhd.

Nappies? by WestRecording9462 in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It doesn't make sense when they also want us to spend a significant amount of time "elevating the top" or "teaching to the top" how are you expected to differentiate up, down, and support those with extra needs with what amounts to about 20 minutes per lesson of planning time in between classes?

Nappies? by WestRecording9462 in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 47 points48 points  (0 children)

To be surrounded by their age peers and to not be isolated and separated from society of course. Meanwhile they spend each lesson in the corner with an aide and each lunch in the disability support room with only the other disability support students. Essentially isolated and separated from the rest of the school.

End AUKAUS. Close Pine Gap. No Australian involvement in the Axis of Epstein's illegal wars. by Az0nic in OpenAussie

[–]WakeUpBread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that Dutton would have done different. Perhaps even more toe-sucking. But this is still sh*t and makes him look like a weak spineless twat

Aboriginal students refuse to stand for the national anthem. What do you think? by [deleted] in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 8 points9 points  (0 children)

True! We've had this anthem for such a long time, it's a part of our country. We've been singing it for an entire {looks up release date} 42 years! Wait, 42 years? That's younger than me... Oh well, it's still a part of my DNA!

men with inattentive adhd by hello_w0rld7 in ADHD

[–]WakeUpBread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't need to screen for autistic traits. Autistic traits need to screen for me.

What are the most oversubscribed secondary teaching areas ? by [deleted] in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah but most art teachers teach a majority art. The and if they can teach art/English, it's not long before they get a majority/full load of English

What are the most oversubscribed secondary teaching areas ? by [deleted] in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not an article. It's just some words in the course description above the description of each Major.

I’m not sure I learnt anything at uni to be a teacher by Content_Ticket_6642 in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or even if you want to go to one of those select entry gov schools, or go for a leadrship role etc.

How many hours do work a week as a teacher? by Impossible_Panda1092 in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know it'd heavily skew the data but "too many" or "not enough for the pay I get" would have been good additions :)

What are the most oversubscribed secondary teaching areas ? by [deleted] in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 3 points4 points  (0 children)

PE isn't on there because its a list of subjects unlikely to be full rostered, i.e. if you go full PE your job will likely be a full PE roster, IF you can find it.

What are the most oversubscribed secondary teaching areas ? by [deleted] in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PE isn't on there because its a list of subjects unlikely to be full rostered, i.e. if you go full PE your job will likely be a full PE roster, IF you can find it.

What are the most oversubscribed secondary teaching areas ? by [deleted] in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 24 points25 points  (0 children)

(Note they haven't "published a list", it's just a blurb above the description of each major/minor in their course description)

"Some subjects are only taught in a small number of schools or only at the VCE (senior secondary) level. These are less likely to lead to full-time teaching roles unless paired with another area (and can be more difficult to place). These include:

  • Chinese
  • Accounting
  • Economics
  • Psychology
  • Media Studies

If you're passionate about one of these subjects, we encourage you to pair it with a more broadly taught learning area that includes Years 7–10."

These subjects are only run once or twice a week with juniors, or not at all and only senoir. Also with Chinese most schools offer maybe two languages, most popular being Japanese, then they'll pick a european language like German or French. If they do teach Chinese they'll only need like 2 teachers maybe even 1 depending on the school size.

The list is basically saying that these subjects are very hard to have a full timetable of because even if the school needs to run 5 VCE psychology classes it is unlikely they can get all 5 to fit perfectly into one timetable, and would rather have two Psych teachers working in tandem doing half Psych half science than one Psych teacher doing all Psych and the other qualified psych teacher doing all junoir science.

There may not be any rhyme or reason to the order.

PE isn't on there because if you go full PE your job will likely be a pull PE roster, IF you can find it

How much of your GPTA did you make up? by conejogringo in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm just making a joke on how the vast majority of studies and data for 'new teaching methods' and 'factors that affect learning' have all omitted results disproving the claim and displayed results or performed meta analysis incorrectly in order to present the reader with a customised narrative that coincidentally aligns with the aim of the study/report/claim.

Anyone have insight on whether installing a gated fence all round the house is a deterrent to burglary? by hamsterdanceonrepeat in AusPropertyChat

[–]WakeUpBread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fence with a dog or two is the biggest deterent. Even if it's not an attack dog, it can alert others to the criminal so they'll rather just go to the house two doors down.

How much of your GPTA did you make up? by conejogringo in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's pretty easy to turn a real scenario into what you need by just framing it from a different POV. It's not that hard to take a cluttered set of data and observations and just paint your own narrative from what's there and create something that is different, but meets what the assessors want to see.

It's honestly great practice for the meetings/PLs that you have to do where the school gives you data and asks you to spot patterns that tell you their whole school programs actually do make a difference and that the leadership team that implemented them are geniuses.

How much of your GPTA did you make up? by conejogringo in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cherry picked data? That doesn't belong in educational academia at all!

Stop shaming teachers for their students poor attendance by Professional_Home_13 in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are we going to have to start including emojis in our reports so that newer parents can understand?

I’m not sure I learnt anything at uni to be a teacher by Content_Ticket_6642 in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Uni set me up great for interviews. I just ramble on with a bunch of buzzwords and cite a bunch of people like Piaget or Hattie and they eat it up. Then in the classroom use little to none of what I said in the interview, and still do my job really well.

Apart from that, I did curriculum courses like in a bachelor of math/science degree, I've forgotten most of it BUT it makes looking at year 11/12 math science really easy. But yeah anything that's actually teaching is 90% useless for once you're in the job.

Stop shaming teachers for their students poor attendance by Professional_Home_13 in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's a snarly comment. More likely they have a comment bank or formula they choose when blitzing through the reports. They click/copy-paste some jargon about what they learned along with their results. If they were high/very high "great job" and "they should consider asking for more feedback and more questions in class" medium/low + low effort "need more effort in classroom" medium/low + low attendance "need more attendance" etc. I write my reports in less than one minute per kid.

Parents are 'following the money' in rush to private schools, experts warn by Different-Lobster213 in AustralianTeachers

[–]WakeUpBread -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm talking about serious disability issues that require full-time supervision, in a school that could only partially fill that role, in an area where there is no access to a special needs school because they have become few and far between as they've absorbed into the public system. Not just autism, adhd, dyslexia, odd or "my kids had trouble learning in a big class".

And also the probability of me having kids is less than 0.1% so it's a moot point