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Oct 16
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I have thought long and hard about this post mainly because I do not want to seem to be moaning but I think I should reflect and see what others think.
I really am finding working as part of a team as the hardest bit of my job, that is not to say I am not a team player, I just find working as part of a team to give children in the year group the same experiences hard. The head of my school is really into every child having the same experience throughout a team and has been having a real push on it so far this year, she even like all role play areas to be the same. I do get her point that no child in the year group should miss out or feel another class is more exciting etc. BUT I am left feeling frustrated and disliking my place within the team.
My major issue is teaching styles, they are task card crazy! Everything seems to need a task card – now here is the thing with a class that are over a quarter EAL and really poor readers at that they cannot access what is on the card – so what is the point? I need to explain the task anyway so why waste paper and ink to produce something that they cannot read.
Also I find theme so boring and if I find it boring how can anyone else not? The potential in the topics is there but it is always linked to a skill that must be able to be assessed! I know children gaining skills etc. etc. is important but is life experiences and making learning fun and remembering fun learning not important. This frustration comes from the curriculum change in Scotland where we had got away from skill teaching and taught from what the children where interested in. Perhaps if the Scottish way of thinking came down to England that would be fab!
I should say that working in a team is good for me in as much it is teaching me that perhaps I am not always right! Overall though I find it frustrating and wish I could close my door and teach in my own way!
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