Resourcing Time

06/06/2025

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Credit Principal Lamb

28/05/2025

03/11/2024

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11/10/2024

😆😆 I get asked for a movie every week.

Credit

04/03/2024

And the articles continue.

03/03/2024

Anyone read the article in today's Sunday Times?

25/01/2024

Some of you already know that a few years ago I resigned from the department. I was completely burnt out. It was impacting my mental and physical health. I wasn't sleeping etc etc. I know I don't need to go into depth about that to you all.

Fast forward to Term 3 last year when I felt 'some' interest in returning to teaching. I threw my CV into the fixed term pool for primary teaching positions. Just to see if anything came up. Something did. And it came up fast.

I was offered secondary English. 🤔
So, Term 4 last year saw me teaching English to high school students in a rural DHS. (Secondary teaching is a completely different world!) I felt like a pre-service teacher without a mentor. And without the content knowledge. On top of that, nothing had been left about what the students had done that year.😒

I agreed to extend the contract for this year. And to do the LEAP program offered by DoE. (What is WRONG with me? 😆)

The irony is, when I started studying teaching in 1995 I started in secondary English but switched to Primary. Full circle.

I still feel way out of my depth. And definitely in 'graduate' mode. I had it in my head that it was expected I would just slide into a new role, out of my area of expertise and become some sort of super organised, super knowledgeable English teachers. I had well over 20 years education experience - teaching, Curriculum Consultant, Deputy, SCSA. In primary. And I struggled. Because I had to learn something new. (Did I mention secondary is a completely different world?) 😬

So, I put my feelers out for help to other English teachers. And the response was incredible. So much stuff has been shared, offers to chat etc etc. So here I am, still out of my depth but at least able to tread water. 😊

I miss primary teaching (oh primary Maths, wherefore art thou? See what I did there?😆) but will bite into this new role enthusiastically.

I will not (I hope) give it so much that I burn myself out again. 🤨
And at the very least, qualifications for secondary english and primary, plus experience in both, opens up more options for me.

11/01/2024

'Lose Yourself' Eminem 🤔

08/01/2024

Would you add anything to this list?

Often what admin call "best practices" are really unnecessary evils for teachers.

29/11/2023

Literally though. Plus, throw in some meetings on top. 🙄😳

12/11/2023

Hmm, that sounds oddly familiar…

04/10/2023

Fellow 'real one' here. 😆