What would you do?????

danfur · #1 (**permalink**) 06-03-2006, 04:50 PM

Today I have been called by one of my agencies to go to a school I have been to before to teach a group of challenging year 6 children up until easter. The trouble is on the two occasions I have been there before the children have been really badly behaved and to be honest a bit of a nightmare. The staff are quite nice and friendly however the school is not in a great area hence a lot of the children's problems. The job would only be to have a group of 8 every day until easter. I'm torn between my worries about the children's behaviour and the thought of having definite work up until easter which would be a really nice thing. It seems that I always get the calls for this school, I think because of the children being such a handful others are put off, but they are often looking for supply (probably as the main teachers are all off with stress!) What would you do?

clarabelle · #2 (**permalink**) 06-03-2006, 05:34 PM

Is it a class of 8 because the kids have been removed from other classes due to behaviour? With my experience in year 6 today (in a lovely school where the kids are NORMALLY nice - ha, not today
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) I would say no. But I'm more of a KS1 teacher and feel at home with kids up to age of 8!

NuttySupplier · #3 (**permalink**) 06-03-2006, 05:36 PM

I'd take it! I'd take it if you turned it down if I was closer!

From now until Easter, you've got plenty of time to get them settled!

Create a code of conduct with them, tell them your behaviour strategies from the start, get them to agree them, get the Head to pop in to class and approve them/support you, keep communication lines very openly open between you and the Head (make sure the kids see this), make contact with parents, and you'll find their wonderful characters soon enough, as long as you stick like glue to your strategy!

danfur · #4 (**permalink**) 07-03-2006, 12:08 PM

Hi thanks for your advice, spoke to the agency again and they advised that the head is meeting people to decide who will do it so I said i would like to be considered. Will just have to see how it goes. On consideration i decided that it would be great experience especially as hopefully some ft jobs will be adertised soon and it would look great on letter of application. Also the definite work til easter is a massive pull financially so
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and i'll keep you posted

Footiegirl · #5 (**permalink**) 07-03-2006, 04:26 PM

Good luck with it! Will keep my
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for you.

NuttySupplier · #6 (**permalink**) 07-03-2006, 05:30 PM

Great! Good luck!

nutcracker · #7 (**permalink**) 07-03-2006, 08:25 PM

Good luck. And remember, the children are always easier to deal with once you ahve been able to build up a relationship with them, so if you are with them all the time you shouldn't have so many problems as if you were on normal supply with the same chidlren.

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This is nutcracker, signing off for tonight - I'll stick to lurking as my fingers are all tied in knots and I jsut typed this with my nose.

danfur · #8 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 05:23 PM

Just went to the school tonight to discuss the job and seems a bit too good to be true so now really hope that they do offer it to me. Its only actually 3 year 6 children and they want someone to stay in the classroom during whole class teaching and then just take the children out for independent time. They also don't want me to do any planning, just follow the teachers planning. They are also looking for someone to do the same kind of job in year 2 as well.
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as would really like this now.

clarabelle · #9 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 06:22 PM

Sounds great! I'm envious especially as there's a post in Year 2 too.

So you would just be supporting the class teacher during the intro of lessons (ALL lessons?) and then taking the behaviouraly challenging kids out?????

danfur · #10 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 08:04 PM

it seems that it is focussing upon literacy numeracy and science but possibly the other lessons too as the children are too disruptive to keep in the classes. I still think it sounds a bit too good to be true but if it turns out to be this good then i really hope i get it.

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