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Posted by:
casper 20/06/2005 at
09:34
Yes the school where I work is on special measures and the blame police are out Apparently SMT have decided that it is not the pupils behaviour that is a problem it is poor teaching.
This is regardless of the fact that ofsted spotted inconsistencies in te way poor behaviour is dealt with.
A lot of really good staff are leaving, that is the ones who have managed to find another job. Many staff have applied for jobs and have not been shortlisted. So we wil have a load of new staff in September in what is called in the trade a challenging area and HMI are coming in!! We will all look forward to that!
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you are not in a certain academy in the north east are you?
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looks like SMT just trying to shift the blame to me!
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Posted by:
webcke 20/06/2005 at
12:15
You don't ned to be 'in a certain academy in the northeast' for this state of affairs to exist. I live on the other die of the world, not just the country, and we were assured confidently and constantly by our head for years that if we had interesting lessons we would have no behaviour problems.
Go figure!
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I agree!, SMT across the country try the 'intersting lessons and the kids wont misbehave or disrupt' excuse.
What bollocks!
They do try this to shift blame for a system that cant deal with behaviour, but none of them seem to twig that behaviour, over time is getting worse. 'Interesting' lessons is only half the battle. I do think we have to have good lessons prepared, but if a kid or a class are not prepared to listen, then it wont work, even if you are robin williams in dead poets society!!
A firm and coherent school wide policy with total support from SMT is what will help solve behaviour issues - not blaming the lessons!
Besieds, what excuse do kids then have when they misbehave is corridors, breaks etc? Corridor displays not interesting enough for them?
And this does mean that anyone doing a cover lesson, a covere supervisor or a supply teacher is almost guaranteed poor behaviour due to them really only delivering prepared work!
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Not necessarily so. It could be that certain pupils are simply not interested in the subject,so they resort to delay tactics to avoid the lesson. On the other hand it could be that teacher 's personality clashes with the pupil's resulting in disruption.
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Posted by:
gilld 20/06/2005 at
16:28
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Children will not behave until we all have a consistent approach. Sadly parents who could have the power seem to have given up , or try to buy their children and teachers have no sanctions with which we could start to improve things. The world belongs to children these days, there is nothing to look forward to - they can smoke, drink have sex, things I waited to do until post 16. Why should they behave ? what are the rewards? The world is definately going mad - I just keep trying to remain sane!!
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Posted by:
bored 20/06/2005 at
17:11
Poor behaviour is 'partly' the teachers fault for example in my own school some of the bad behaviour is a result of a lack of differentiation which means children either get bored because the work is too easier or frustrated because it is too hard and therefore play up. Some bad behaviour is a result of boring lessons that are not relevant to the kids, this is as much the fault of the national curriculum as it is the teachers as much of it is completely irrelevant to childrens future. Of course much of the behaviour stems from childrens home lives and peer pressure but I guess in industry the buck would stop with the managers so perhaps its time to use the same philosophy in education?
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Posted by:
Zzub 20/06/2005 at
18:42
Oh come on... let's just be real for a minute.
I am not denying some teachers are better than others, have better management skills, can teach better, etc, etc. I am not denying that an interesting and pacey lesson is the first step of good behvaiour management. I agree with that.
However, let's just be real. I have been at school from Reception to Sixth Form, I went to Uni did two degrees and I am currently doing an MA. I have endured some sh1t lessons... dull, boring, etc. at all levels, from primary, through GSCE Maths (yawwwwn! and I love maths!) through the clockwork lecturer at Uni... hell, believe it or not, I have even been in some boring non-pupil days...
Never once have I called the teacher a d1ck, never have I thrown anything across the room. Never spat at anyone, never failed to do my work.
That is because I - AND NOT SOMEONE ELSE - am responsible for my actions.
As a teacher, I can influence, nut not control. Sometimes the sods are just sods and that is that.
The blame culture is a crap idea... it is a way of SMT justifying themselves... but they haven't thought it through...
If poor behaviour from pupils is the responsbility of teachers, then by that analogy who is then responsible for poor teachers?
Surely must be SMT...
Cheers,
Zzub
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Posted by:
bluedart 20/06/2005 at
21:14
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Very few Ofsted or HMI inspections have the guts to ctiticise the Head.
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