When you get to the stage in your training where you are leading whole lessons, you may become acutely aware that you are in lieu of the real teacher, that you are sat in someone else’s chair, taking the register on someone else’s SIMS and wandering around someone else’s classroom. The host teacher, often well … Continue reading Owning The Room
Finding a balance
Although you may enter the world of teaching bright eyed and bushy tailed, be warned that this feeling will not last long. Not in the slightest. You will learn very quickly that an infinite to do list is real and teaching is a never-ending pursuit. Soon after starting, you will almost definitely find yourself feeling … Continue reading Finding a balance