Comments on: FAQs for NQTs http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/12/20/faqs-for-nqts/ A Blog About Teaching in Tough Schools in the UK Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:24:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alison Manzo http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/12/20/faqs-for-nqts/#comment-334 Alison Manzo Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:47:39 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/12/20/faqs-for-nqts/#comment-334 The TES staffroom will no longer allow me to post, because I have made my opinions clear about the lack of good teacher training. I think that NQT's are going out there without real help and OldAndrew's advice is fantastic. Very good. I also think that the teacher training field is full of people who have absolutely no idea about what is really going on in schools. I feel sad that I've been banned from the TES web-site, when I felt that my contributions were as polite and measured as I could possibly make them. I did not abuse other posters and I did warn future teachers about the reality of it all. Thanks for this site OldAndrew. The TES staffroom will no longer allow me to post, because I have made my opinions clear about the lack of good teacher training.
I think that NQT’s are going out there without real help and OldAndrew’s advice is fantastic. Very good.

I also think that the teacher training field is full of people who have absolutely no idea about what is really going on in schools.
I feel sad that I’ve been banned from the TES web-site, when I felt that my contributions were as polite and measured as I could possibly make them. I did not abuse other posters and I did warn future teachers about the reality of it all.
Thanks for this site OldAndrew.

]]> By: News is Good http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/12/20/faqs-for-nqts/#comment-333 News is Good Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:19:44 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/12/20/faqs-for-nqts/#comment-333 "Stop caring. It’s probably their fault not yours. In particular if it’s year 10 it’s to be expected and you should worry more if they don’t hate you." What makes Year 10 students so unusually unpleasant? “Stop caring. It’s probably their fault not yours. In particular if it’s year 10 it’s to be expected and you should worry more if they don’t hate you.”

What makes Year 10 students so unusually unpleasant?

]]> By: taster http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/12/20/faqs-for-nqts/#comment-332 taster Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:51:15 +0000 http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2006/12/20/faqs-for-nqts/#comment-332 That was useful- however quite a lot of that is not so applicable in the Drama Sept situation, where there are no desks and chairs or seating plans and students don't stay in their places apart from watching others perform or ( in my case) for the start of lessons. In fact back in the days when I taught classes for English as well I would sometimes move them into the Drama studio and sit them in a circle on the carpet just to have a respite from the continual battling that the serried desks seems to create. Often I would find too, that as in Drama,the placing of the onus on them, with teacher as facilitator; and a final outcome of a performance in front of their peers would remove the confrontation set up. The atmosphere in Drama is usually one of collaborative endeavour towards a common goal- or should be. That was useful- however quite a lot of that is not so applicable in the Drama Sept situation, where there are no desks and chairs or seating plans and students don’t stay in their places apart from watching others perform or ( in my case) for the start of lessons.
In fact back in the days when I taught classes for English as well I would sometimes move them into the Drama studio and sit them in a circle on the carpet just to have a respite from the continual battling that the serried desks seems to create.
Often I would find too, that as in Drama,the placing of the onus on them, with teacher as facilitator; and a final outcome of a performance in front of their peers would remove the confrontation set up.
The atmosphere in Drama is usually one of collaborative endeavour towards a common goal- or should be.

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