It's tough being on the barricades of a High School holding someone's job together while they are on secondment or leave. It takes the classes a long time to get to know you and to start to share parts of their learning with your teaching. I can't imagine what it will be really like to have a permanent teaching job because I haven't had one yet. Nevertheless I know that when the last bell rings on Wednesday I will wave farewell with just a small amount of emotion.
Here's some of what I learnt on this block -
- the laptop initiative is great for bright classes
- when you have to be on the bus for sport you need to get there quickly
- NAPLAN tests are good but being misused for league tables
- there is a difference between teaching English and teaching English Literature
