Nicely done sir, or are you not called Sir any more?
Do you know what, I don't know!
I assume Sir/Miss is more of a Secondary school thing, and at Primary they say Mr/Mrs.
We shall see 🙂
Been called Sir, Mr, Miss, dad and Dr (secondary) What are you doing now?
Yep, had all of those, I've even been called mum once or twice(!)
I'm off to the sunny lowlands of primary education.
Learning the ropes and curriculum as an HLTA and then if I like it applying for teaching jobs when I think I'm ready.
I've gone part time now. Work a 0.6 FTE as a biology teacher and then the odd day here and there as a lab technician. Both jobs in the same school. Working supply doesn't half show up some really useless people. Some agency staff are borderline incompetent. No classroom control, poor personal standards, lacking awareness of pupil behaviour (eg. phone usage in class) but they are sometimes the only staff available so school has no choice.
I’m looking at a career change into outdoor/forest school/eco school, probably pre-school and KS1 age groups, and to that end I have applied for a part-time course in September to get some relevant qualifications
Where are you?
We might have some KS1 trainee post in Southampton and another in Winchester, and a Training & Delivery officer based on Stirling over the next 4-8 months
Do you know what, I don’t know!
I assume Sir/Miss is more of a Secondary school thing,
At my daughters secondary school it was no uniforms and first names for teachers!
Seemed to work fine.
Late to comment, but...
I did a year of supply in high schools in 2009.
Mostly it was fine. Quite a lot was out the door at 8am and back at 4pm. I had a maternity cover from Easter to summer which was ace as the school was lovely and I was worried the work would dry up with people being taken off y11 and 13 and covering lessons for people who were off.
What wasn't fine was taming y11 classes. Tame one, move school tame that one, move school repeat for a year. That got harder and harder as the bottoms sets (who are the ones who got given supply) got closer and closer to leaving.
At my current school we have had some terrible supply staff this year.
Fell asleep in the staff room repeatedly.
Had to have the lessons she "taught" retaught.
Could find the answered to the tests- on the desk with answers written on in massive capital letters.
Total riot in lessons, books ripped up and scattered all over the floor. Teacher just went home without saying anything.
Couldn't find the text books- found 50cm away in a large box full of identical text books.
So I'd say if you are a half decent teacher you will have no trouble getting regular work.
We have had two decent supply staff this year. One has stayed. One was snapped up by another school
Where are you?
We might have some KS1 trainee post in Southampton and another in Winchester, and a Training & Delivery officer based on Stirling over the next 4-8 months
Cheers, but I'm further South-West in Devon.
@ Ambrose and Tall_Martin
Yeah, supply/cover staff can be a bit of a mixed bag!
Though cover from in school can be shocking too...
In the school I've just left I had to repeatedly complain about one of our cover supervisors.
He covered a couple of my classes when I was off with a virus and a few students trashed theirs and others work, took videos on phones in class and stole scissors and other resources. All while he was sat in the room browsing the internet and ignoring their behaviour.
The other 'nicer' students told me exactly what they'd been up to when I was back in and said they'd complained to him during the lesson, but he just ignored them. Effin tool!
Why they still employed him I have no idea, as every member of staff in the school was aware how useless he was.
Anyway...I'm starting in a Primary after the holidays, and having been in for a couple of induction days it's a much more pleasant environment 🙂
I have been told that I was unusual for actually teaching in one or two places. Anyway, I must be crap as I have not had a sniff of work for ages.
(I may have met some of you on parent's nights btw)
Cheers, but I’m further South-West in Devon.
Where I could do with some freelancers.
We pay well, £360 a day plus expenses, but you do need at attend a course. Which I often offer the right people a discount / sweat labour...
https://ltl.org.uk/projects/professional-accreditation/
Another update....
I'm now nearly two terms in and living/loving the Primary life 😁
Kids are ace, colleagues are lovely, and the general atmosphere is very supportive.
I'm off to a panto with Ks2 on Tuesday - there's worse things to be paid for! (Oh no there isn't 😆)
Also, a maternity post has come up in the school, so I'm applying for that, as 2 terms if hlta work working with every year group has got me up to speed very well.
Do I miss secondary? Not in the slightest!
