What is the emergency meeting about? Place your bets...

[spanglechick]

I immediately collared my HoF for a meeting to talk about my options, which were pretty much what I thought. I'm currently ks4 coordinator for all performing arts (ks4 = the GCSE years). This position won't exist, but there will be a new position of head of drama, for which I'm the strong favourite. If I don't get that role, to justify my current pay level, I get to negotiate a new area of responsibility, for which there are a few options that are right up my street.

I'd almost prefer the second option, but I suspect the head will not want the other candidate due to inexperience and cockiness. However, if I am head of drama it's pretty similar to what I do now, but with clearer autonomy and a more impressive job title. (I was a head of department at my old school, but that was a tiny department just getting by, whereas this is about as big and important a drama dept as they get within mainstream education.)

 

[JimW]

You want to watch the head, he might want to be responsible for drama, what with calling an emergency meeting at an hour's notice.

 

[Pickman's model]

You want to watch the head, he might want to be responsible for drama, what with calling an emergency meeting at an hour's notice.

yeh. when i worked in a student union one of the things we were warned about was ways to ruin a meeting / prevent effective opposition to plans, e.g. call meetings at short notice (check), table the agenda at the meeting (check), set a guillotine on the length of the meeting (check), have it at an inconvenient time (check)...

needless to say i used all of these tips to great advantage.

 

[Crispy]

You want to watch the head, he might want to be responsible for drama, what with calling an emergency meeting at an hour's notice.

Literal hog-like snort

 

[danny la rouge]

Ripped off from Woody Allen (Annie Hall).

Ripped off from George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman.

 

[Edie]

Ooh good luck spanglechick I hope it all works out in your favour! You’re such a committed and clearly talented teacher. I’m so bloody thankful to all teacher, I’ve no idea how you all do it, absolute superstars in my eyes xx