Teachers' Staff Room Thread

[Shippou-Sensei]

The idea of going out of the teachers pension is knives out moment. The teachers pension is actually pretty decent. I'm ok with paying quite a lot into it due to my experiences with my dad's and my aunts.

 

[chilango]

It'll happen. Most private schools are pulling out. More teachers available for the state sector. Less competitive packages in the Private Schools. Not a bad thing from a distance. Sucks when it's my pension though. That said I have fuck all in the TPS anyway, so I'm screwed regardless.

 

[scifisam]

It'll happen. Most private schools are pulling out. More teachers available for the state sector. Less competitive packages in the Private Schools. Not a bad thing from a distance. Sucks when it's my pension though. That said I have fuck all in the TPS anyway, so I'm screwed regardless.

You can easily transfer it, or get the money back if you paid in for less than two years (I think - it might be three because it depends on when you paid in). I recently applied for and got my payments back (within a week!) and it worked out pretty well because they'd applied interest at rates far better than I'd have got in a bank.

 

[maomao]

Very sick of being patronised in feedback. Have just been observed and although it went very well, there's always some constructive criticism, which is fine and to be expected (I'm not that bothered about being observed usually). In my last workplace these were called 'even better if's which was bad enough but in the new place it's called a 'plus one' which was just really confusing at first. I just told him he could say 'plus one' all he liked but I knew he meant minus. It still ends up being a target anyway.

 

[chilango]

WWW & EBI

Two Stars and a wish

Hate this shit.

Observations should be just that. Observations. Not some toxic performative managerialism.

 

[chilango]

Update: Very angry staff body. Incl SLT. Strike brewing. When the inspector arrives in the next few weeks they're going to encounter some pissed off and uncooperative teachers I expect. Utter madness to try and rush this through now.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Very glad my current manager is cool. None of my observations have stress anymore.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

One of my previous managers was going on in staff meetings about always having objectives on display at all times etc.

He then had to do a bunch of cover for a few weeks

After that he was like "nah, your fine. I'd forgotten what is like."

 

[maomao]

One of my previous managers was going on in staff meetings about always having objectives on display at all times etc.

He then had to do a bunch of cover for a few weeks

After that he was like "nah, your fine. I'd forgotten what is like."

There seems to be a layer of management in schools whose sole responsibility is thinking up ridiculous and pointless shit for other people to do.

I'm pretty happy because I was booked off to go to a conference on Monday but when I finally got sent the invite it turned out to be 4pm - 6:45pm. I asked my head if I should come in for the first half of the day and she just told me to have the day for planning. If I'd gone to my actual line manager I would have been lucky to get last period off.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

After that he was like "nah, your fine. I'd forgotten what is like."

Thankfully HR know I'm dyslexic so this wouldn't be on my report.

 

[chilango]

Inspectors are in. I've my SENDCo meeting with them in a bit.

 

[chilango]

Looks they're gonna pull the "fire & rehire" shit on us.

I think we'll strike.

 

[Happy Tree]

Working with young, very autistic children must be the hardest job at our school. The therapy centre has lost 3 staff members since September. The latest one just got let go and she treated the general school email channel to a long rant about how unfair it all was. I don't know the story from all sides and am in no position to judge. I'm sure it's a very challenging environment.

Still, it made interesting reading this morning in the staff room. Drama!

 

[zedr]

Inspectors are in. I've my SENDCo meeting with them in a bit.

hope the inspection went well. we had ours just before half term. fortunately there wasn't the frantic panic stations which I'm used to. managed to scrape by relatively unscathed and now no more inspections for a few years.

I truly wish we could get to a place where the inspections were there to help schools improve by allocating funding, training or more staff (preferably all three) but I know that's a pipe dream anytime in the near future.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I hate having my class right by the music department. All the fucking time they have shit on full blast.

I feel like I should be popping a few Es and jamming rather than trying to teach.

And it's loud.

I recorded this as an example. It sounds quiet computer to what I heard.



It's often much worse music.