I am back!
I have started a new job and although it is a job share and I only work 3 days, I seem to have no time for anything these days!
I left my last job after many years, because I didn't feel fulfilled covering other teachers and wanted to be back in my own classroom with my own class.
I was at home with my boys from July till I started this new job at the beginning of January and I have loved every minute. I never thought I would enjoy being a stay-at-home-mum as I have always worked. I had my first job at 14, serving tea and coffee to the Chairman's guests on matchdays at QPR. If it wasn't for the fact that I have a mortgage & bills to pay, I would still be a stay-at-home-Mum.
My new school as lots of issues & have OFSTED on their backs. The class room has very few decent resources. My classroom was left in a complete tip by the previous teacher and I have had a lot of sorting & tidying to do, as well as getting to grips with a new planning & assessment format to what I have been used to using.
I was observed yesterday and the outcome was not great to be honest. Previously, I was a "Good" teacher, working in an "Outstanding" department. Yesterday's lesson was just about satisfactory. That might sound OK to those of you that are not teachers, but to a teacher that is quite demoralising :(
The Little Fella has had a sickness bug this week and I have had to change his bedding ever night since Sunday in the middle of the night. On Monday night it had to be changed FOUR times! The Little Man has not been coping with me being back at work and has started wetting himself despite being toilet -trained since last Easter!
When I was observed, I had been in class for only 5 days. The children have had to cope with lots of changes -
losing their much loved previous teacher and gaining two new ones
classroom furniture being moved
routines changing
rules changing etc
However, none of that gets taken into consideration. If you are a teacher these days, you are expected to always be "good to outstanding". We are not allowed an "off" day. However - I am also a Mum, a person with a "real" life and a HUMAN being.
I am not a robot!
Hmm - I feel better now!
So, sorry to moan just had to get all that off my chest!
- my next posts will be more cheerful, I promise lol!
