Teachers' Inset Days
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What the hell are they all about?
I don't recall there ever being a need for me to stay at home for the day whilst teachers were trained during term-time whilst I was at school.
Kids are off school what... 12 - 13 weeks per year? Is it not possible for these days to be held during this time?
The latest one at my daughter's school is a total piss-take: the Monday immediately after the October half term holiday. Can someone explain to me why this is necessary?
I don't recall there ever being a need for me to stay at home for the day whilst teachers were trained during term-time whilst I was at school.
Kids are off school what... 12 - 13 weeks per year? Is it not possible for these days to be held during this time?
The latest one at my daughter's school is a total piss-take: the Monday immediately after the October half term holiday. Can someone explain to me why this is necessary?
It used to be a running joke at my junior school. The "teacher training" days were inevitably on a monday after a school holiday. The only exception to this was when they had 2 together which would be held (you guessed it) on a Friday and Monday.
Blatant scam, obviously they are far too busy marking to have training days during the months of holiday time they get already
Edit to say my junior school was in the state sector and at my (private) secondary school we never had a "training day" in the 7 years I was there. Coincidence?
>> Edited by wolves_wanderer on Monday 3rd October 12:45
Blatant scam, obviously they are far too busy marking to have training days during the months of holiday time they get already
Edit to say my junior school was in the state sector and at my (private) secondary school we never had a "training day" in the 7 years I was there. Coincidence?
>> Edited by wolves_wanderer on Monday 3rd October 12:45
D_Mike said:
teachers work in the holidays too. I don't have the time or the energy to respond now but will later. Basically: they are a good thing.
How things have changed.
My Grandad (RIP) and his wonderful wife (RIP) were senoir teachers (Head and Head of Girls) and used to hitch up the caravan and disappear to Italy for 6 weeks every summer.
Still I bet you get more than the statutory minimum for a full time job. Me ? I count myself lucky, because despite a crap 20 days holiday and 8 bank holidays, My Boss allows me to work from home on inset days. Not that I'm working If there's 2 kids in the house, but hey at least I'm not a hard working down trodden teacher.
Most of the training days were taken out of the hols by Kenneth Baker (hence their name in schools - Baker days)
The goverment sets a requirement for all state school staff to engage in professional development - hence the training- do you train in your holiday entitlement??
I'll happily work in my holidays as I do every summer but they would need to pay me for those days!!
Teachers are contracted for a certain number of hours in an academic year - like it or not that's the way it is
The goverment sets a requirement for all state school staff to engage in professional development - hence the training- do you train in your holiday entitlement??
I'll happily work in my holidays as I do every summer but they would need to pay me for those days!!
Teachers are contracted for a certain number of hours in an academic year - like it or not that's the way it is
nervous said:
there are downsides though: you have to be able to put up with finishing at 3.30 pm everyday. i dont know how they do it for the money, personally.
hatff.
yeah - it's a b*gger here - we don't finish until 3.45pm!! these private schools don't half get their pound of flesh!
Obviously some teachers can organise their time better than others.My sis-in-law is one and manages 4 weeks away on hols in the 6 weeks holiday and 2 weeks away at Chrismas...all in her villa in Florida.At half terms she generally goes to Scotland for a week or for a few days in Italy.But I suppose she needs the rest from all the stress,as she has to decide now whether to take early retirement and a smaller salary related pension or to work a couple more years and get the full monty.
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I don't think you'll find many teachers who "finish" at 3.15pm. You then have meetings, or after school activites. Then when you get home you have marking and lesson planning to do for the next day. Many times I watched my dad fall asleep over a pile of marking at 1 in the morning.
I say it's the 9-5 monkeys who have it easy - nice to be able to get home and switch off, is it?
I say again, anybody who thinks teaching is such a cushy lot - well why not do it then? Think you can cope with a classroom full of restless teenagers? I'd love to watch!
For the record, I don't know many teachers who would rather be at a Baker day than teaching. Generally they are full of middle managers trying to get schools to run like businesses Not a whole lot of training involved, but a whole lot of patronising, "sharing", and "putting things on the back burner".
I don't think you'll find many teachers who "finish" at 3.15pm. You then have meetings, or after school activites. Then when you get home you have marking and lesson planning to do for the next day. Many times I watched my dad fall asleep over a pile of marking at 1 in the morning.
I say it's the 9-5 monkeys who have it easy - nice to be able to get home and switch off, is it?
I say again, anybody who thinks teaching is such a cushy lot - well why not do it then? Think you can cope with a classroom full of restless teenagers? I'd love to watch!
For the record, I don't know many teachers who would rather be at a Baker day than teaching. Generally they are full of middle managers trying to get schools to run like businesses
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