Shippou-Sensei
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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.
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chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
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
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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
普費斯
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.
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Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Very glad my current manager is cool. None of my observations have stress anymore.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
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."
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
普費斯
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
4:1:2.5
Thankfully HR know I'm dyslexic so this wouldn't be on my report.
Happy Tree
maagilises metsas
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!
Still, it made interesting reading this morning in the staff room. Drama!
zedr
new but not *that* new
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
4:1:2.5
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.
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.
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
Can I ask a question please?
I have a young man staying with me who has just been granted leave to remain but they've cocked up his e-visa so he can't work yet.
The idiots responsible for signing him up for courses have put him on a basic English course, despite the fact that he is a native English speaker.
I suspect what he really needs to do is get a GCSE English & Maths as soon as possible. I got him to ask the aforementioned idiots and they said, yes he can start a GCSE course in September.
Is there any way he can take this sooner? He won't have a problem with English, I think he passed that back in St Vincent, but Maths might be a bit trickier.
I have a young man staying with me who has just been granted leave to remain but they've cocked up his e-visa so he can't work yet.
The idiots responsible for signing him up for courses have put him on a basic English course, despite the fact that he is a native English speaker.
I suspect what he really needs to do is get a GCSE English & Maths as soon as possible. I got him to ask the aforementioned idiots and they said, yes he can start a GCSE course in September.
Is there any way he can take this sooner? He won't have a problem with English, I think he passed that back in St Vincent, but Maths might be a bit trickier.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Yes you can take it without doing a course
Private Candidates - JCQ Joint Council for Qualifications
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Might be a bit pricey. My first link was quoting about £350
maomao
普費斯
You can enter privately (exams in June and November) or do an equivalence at any time (some employers might not like the less official one but universities do and it's only one paper). It's not a particularly easy exam though and isn't just a test of spoken and written English skills. Worth getting a couple of revision guides ( or watching Mr bruff on YouTube).
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
Thanks, a little bit cheaper here but he doesn't have £300. I'd gladly pay it, but he wouldn't accept that.Yes you can take it without doing a course
Private Candidates - JCQ Joint Council for Qualifications
Our online tool to help you find centres accepting private candidates for 2025 exam series is now live on this page. Instructions for using the search tool for centres accepting private candidates: Simply enter your postcode, select the type of qualification and the exam board you wish to...
Might be a bit pricey. My first link was quoting about £350
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
Thanks. I don't know anything about the caribbean education system but he has already passed a GCSE equivalent in English so should be able to manage with some extra study. I'm less sure about maths as he said he failed that.
I'm just really angry with the refugee support for putting him on an ESOL course.
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
I 've just googled the local Adult Ed centre and these are the people that put him on the ESOL course...
Call the office?
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
Further googling suggests it's not an ESOL course, it's 'Functional Skills', not quite as bad, but not still not approriate for someone who has already passed a GCSE type level in his home country.
Maybe I should just let it be, he's traumatised enough after a year in hotels and on the Bibby Stockholm. I should just help him get a job and stop planning his career for him.
It might be a good first course plus it might cover a lot of stuff that’s specific to the UK. Then they might signpost him on to GCSE maths.
maomao
普費斯
Functional skills is equivalent to GCSE levels 1-3. It tends to be only SEND students who do it in this country.
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
Thank you. This doesn't sound particularly useful, but may make the GCSE easier if he ever gets that far.
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