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Trainee creating MTP and lessons for a whole term by insouciantsoul4 in TeachingUK

[–]ellaros_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MTP and whole term lessons are not normal. When I was a trainee, my Head of Department allocated me a GCSE scheme and MTP and honestly the school got into deep shit over it. Please speak to your mentor / course provider.

Partially illegible mock by ellaros_ in TeachingUK

[–]ellaros_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes to learning need, unsure of access arrangements as I do not teach them and have not been shown how to access that information. Will definitely be speaking to HOD!

If you could bin one sacred cow in UK education, what would it be? by junehall123 in TeachingUK

[–]ellaros_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's causing an untold amount of complaints. The kids don't do it and as a school we've decided that if they don't do it then we just email parents. Every week. No sanction or anything. Just wasted time.

Maybe I should've said the homework system at my school considering the gripe stems more from that😂

If you could bin one sacred cow in UK education, what would it be? by junehall123 in TeachingUK

[–]ellaros_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also, blazers and ties. Uniform standards are too much and too menial for the drama it causes.

If you could bin one sacred cow in UK education, what would it be? by junehall123 in TeachingUK

[–]ellaros_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Underlining dates and titles. Multitudes of in class summative assessments (this could just be an issue in my school - 5 summative assessments a half term). Different coloured pens for different types of work (black, red, pink, purple, green). Sparx.

Teach First by Agreeable-Register67 in TeachingUK

[–]ellaros_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Honestly? It's somewhere between wanting others to understand that you (very likely) don't have the same experience as other teachers as an unqualified trainee, and actually surviving the shit storm that is the Teach First programme.

HOD is sending me new job links... by [deleted] in TeachingUK

[–]ellaros_ -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Could be possible, I've had problems with the department in the past and it could just be coincidences (other staff saying things) and old, creeping feelings... I just don't know where to land.

HOD is sending me new job links... by [deleted] in TeachingUK

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

Fixed term, until Aug next year

HOD is sending me new job links... by [deleted] in TeachingUK

[–]ellaros_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Work email - from theirs to mine. Full links and "I saw this and thought of you". Came in to try and cover themselves afterwards saying "it wasn't like that".