Exploring the Narrative of Competitive Education
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The Chartered College of Teaching is reportedly planning to introduce a new title: Professor of Teaching. For some reason Will Hay has just jumped to mind… The aim? To offer a more structured career pathway for teachers while recognising excellence in the profession. According to Schools Week, this initiative would mirror the traditional academic route Continue reading "The Professor Will See You…
I read a lovely little article today from Somerset Live. It’s the kind of article that makes you truly appreciate the work that local papers do and the positivity that can sometimes seep through to counter the negative bile that is predominant in the national press. Celebrating a number of ECTs who had just finished Continue reading "Right of Reply: Indoctrination in Schools"
Let’s be real for a second: nobody chose to become a teacher because of the pay. Some come into it because they think it’s an easy job with long holidays – they used to get weeded out pretty quickly – but, for the most part, teachers come into the profession for various reasons revolving around Continue reading "Reasons Teachers Leave Teaching #3: Where’s the Love Gone?"
When I was doing my PGCE, one of the last tasks I had to complete was a viva about my training experience – only then could I be signed off as qualified. It was rather straightforward and not much to write home about, but there was one part of it that stuck resolutely in my Continue reading "Reasons Teachers Leave Teaching #2: The Career Progression Conundrum"
I’ll be honest, when I searched ‘Daily Mail’ and ‘Teachers’, I was expecting to see some form of teacher bashing. Even though the article was presumptively about Andrew Tate, I was sure the fact it was reporting teachers’ views on the rise of misogyny in schools was going to lead to some inevitably underhand comments Continue reading "Right of Reply: Lefty Teachers"
Responding to the survey, one teacher said: “You feel exhausted all the time and guilty for sacrificing your own family time. It is not a profession which allows you to have a life outside of work, and it is mentally draining and detrimental to your mental and physical health.” – NEU Poll Results – April Continue reading "Reasons Teachers Leave Teaching #1: ‘Mentally Draining and Detrimental to…
New trickled of the NEU’s preliminary ballot on strike action trickled down the news cycle on Friday. And the result? Well, what you’d expect really. Of the 134,487 members who responded to the ballot, an astonishing 93.7% rejected the proposed government pay rise of 2.8%, something that Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson responded to by saying: Continue reading "Reasons Teachers Leave…
Let’s get this out of the way: few phrases rile up teachers faster than “Those that can’t do, teach.” It’s smug. It’s reductive. And worse, it’s been quoted for over a century as gospel truth by people who wouldn’t last ten minutes in a classroom with Year 9 on a rainy Tuesday. But where did Continue reading "The Truth Behind… “Those That Can’t Do, Teach”"
COVID-19 changed many things for teachers. Some of those things have, in my opinion, changed things for the better – virtual parents evenings for example. Other things, such as prospective students information evenings… Well, not so much. In the world of social distancing, it was necessary, but it was obviously not something that we wanted Continue reading "Whispers in the Staffroom: The Case of…
No-hands-up is a wonderful staple of classroom practice. When done effectively, it is a joy to see every student attentive and engaged. No matter the subject or topic, the expectation that any student can be asked any question at any time really helps to establish an environment of focus and learning. And yet, this is Continue reading "No-Hands-Up: It’s all just a memory…"
