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For all you teachers out there, you know how I'm feeling. We had the call Thursday, and despite head keep saying, "we're doing better than last time" (3 yrs ago), and that was outstanding, it piles on the pressure even more. What if I'm the one that lets the team down? I've also been drawn the short straw too, because I've got to have a meeting with one of them about training and staff support as I'm free when they want to discuss it.
I've spents the weekend double checking marking, planning interesting lessons, and trying to forget the yr 11 marking that needs to be done before the end of the week. I'm burned out atm, and I've lost my id card
OH is turning the house upside down, I did the same at school on Saturday. It wouldn't be so bad except for the meeting. Anyone good at faking it?
On the other hand, what really matters? 3 yr 11 boys, on their last day at school (Fri) turned up to put in the rabbit proof fencing for me at the school plot. They were never the best behaved, often excluded, I visited them more than once while they were in isolation to advise them on what to do for their ICT coursework, but they volunteered to help me out, to the amazement of a lot of colleagues. Lovable rogues springs to mind, and it's ones like them that make the job worthwhile. Many of the 'best behaved' didn't say thanks or even goodbye. In fact 2 who'd had a lot of help and guidance didn't even be bothered to print the work for me, yet these 3 printed it all off with no maons or groans. None are intending to come back to 6th form, but I hope they do well in whatever they do. None are planning on the unemployed route
, apprenticeships or family businesses, with no quarter given and accepted quite willingly, seems to be the order of the day.
If I survive until Tuesday evening I will be celebrating at the POP (post Ofsted Party), and the COW (cakes on Weds) and hopefully remembering why I still do this job.
I've spents the weekend double checking marking, planning interesting lessons, and trying to forget the yr 11 marking that needs to be done before the end of the week. I'm burned out atm, and I've lost my id card
OH is turning the house upside down, I did the same at school on Saturday. It wouldn't be so bad except for the meeting. Anyone good at faking it? On the other hand, what really matters? 3 yr 11 boys, on their last day at school (Fri) turned up to put in the rabbit proof fencing for me at the school plot. They were never the best behaved, often excluded, I visited them more than once while they were in isolation to advise them on what to do for their ICT coursework, but they volunteered to help me out, to the amazement of a lot of colleagues. Lovable rogues springs to mind, and it's ones like them that make the job worthwhile. Many of the 'best behaved' didn't say thanks or even goodbye. In fact 2 who'd had a lot of help and guidance didn't even be bothered to print the work for me, yet these 3 printed it all off with no maons or groans. None are intending to come back to 6th form, but I hope they do well in whatever they do. None are planning on the unemployed route
, apprenticeships or family businesses, with no quarter given and accepted quite willingly, seems to be the order of the day. If I survive until Tuesday evening I will be celebrating at the POP (post Ofsted Party), and the COW (cakes on Weds) and hopefully remembering why I still do this job.
...but don't think on the spot checks are feasible,I'm sure some of the 'perfect' schools use it as a time to make themselves look even more perfect but generally there's a lot of info/paperwork that needs to be prepared for the visits,the inspectors will also want to speak to many different people...teachers/govs/parents so a date needs to be set,partly to ensure the relevant people are available but also to cause less disruption.An honest school will use the prep time to make sure they can evident all that they've been doing since the last visit.
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