Category: 03. Professional relationships
Pincipals’ pay offer ‘a backward step’ as teachers settle | Stuff.co.nz
This is crazy
No teacher should earn more than a principal. What would this look like in a business situation? Would you have a CEO earning less than an employee?
Negotiations
Also, where is the focus on reducing workload? Some moves in the right direction but IMO the major issue of teacher workload and a broken education system has still not been addressed. I’m worried about how we are coming across to the public as well, lots of discussion around $$$ but where’s the focus on the classroom?
Better pay, more support needed for the next generation – retiring principal | Stuff.co.nz
With Teen Mental Health Deteriorating Over Five Years, There’s A Likely Culprit | IFLScience
No surprises here! I am so glad I didn’t grow up with the demands of social media and not being able to ‘switch off’. Remember when you were young if there was a photo of you that was a bit dubious? You tore it up, gone. This generation doesn’t have that choice. One click and it’s out there for all to see- no going back.
These moments
One of the boys in my Pathways Course came and told me today that he had used his cover letter and CV he wrote im class to apply for an apprenticeship. He’s got an interview for the apprenticeship and he’s so pleased. His comments were “It obviously works!” I was so chuffed! I gave him a big hug. These are the moments that we actually teach for!
The fear of parent interviews!
It has been really interesting today to see how well students have worked knowing that their parents are coming in tonight for parent teacher interviews many commenters Miss will you say good things about me and I was happy to answer yes if you have showed an improvement to be honest most of the kids are lovely and some just need to focus a bit more on the bus I’m looking forward to meeting their parents and caregivers
Kahu Ako notes
Very proud of the way our kids responded yesterday. Respect so obvious.
Interview skills
Inpreparation for interviews next week we practised meeting the interviewer, shaking hands, good manners-pushing your chair in when you leave etc. We also did role play and looked at a worse case scenario of what might go wrong in an interview and how to fix it. HILARIOUS, loud, very active lesson but the class was happy and hopefully they took away some essential skills to help them for their first interview.
On reflection I’m really surprised that many did not know the essential skills of meeting somebody, shaking their hand , greeting them correctly and knowing how to leave- standup, shaking their hand etc. This was a really worthwhile exercise if just to know those all important first- impression skills.
Liz Henshall Teaching 