Teacher training days

elisamoose

Zazen999 wrote: »

Perhaps we should start a facebook group. I don't need therapy anymore but it sounds like there are alot out there that do!

I really wouldn't! At my school we have been warned about the use of such sites . We have been told to never add a parent as a friend, not to discuss school , not to post anything that could be seen as disparaging about the staff , pupils , school, local authority or the job in general!

cheapscate

barnaby-bear wrote: »

So they should do the training just on one day - so the trainers etc. only work on one day (easy to find people who want a job one day a week?) and this training centre should be 5 times the size it needs to be - so everyone can fit in on that one day, with 5 times the number of trainers (all only working one day a week) to have the appropriate different sessions for different age groups etc...... why don't you send your kids all to the same school and class (or are they different ages? )

What rubbish. There is no justification for not having training days on the same day - yes, there are venues available that are large enough to do group training. The sessions could be age specific. You seem to be putting up barriers to what is a valid solution to a situation that annoys and inconveniences many in this area. All the school training days I attend are a waste of time where we all get given an 'executive' toy with inspiring words written all over them and then someone drones on for hours about 'emotional intelligence' and the need to be resourceful, reciprocal and reflective.

Zazen999

elisamoose wrote: »

I really wouldn't! At my school we have been warned about the use of such sites . We have been told to never add a parent as a friend, not to discuss school , not to post anything that could be seen as disparaging about the staff , pupils , school, local authority or the job in general!

I'm not a teacher, I'm a Director of a small company......No offence but if I want to start a group on Facebook about Powerpoint, what the heck has that got to do with anyone else?

Thanks for the warning though

bonty44

cheapscate wrote: »

what I find annoying is that all the schools have different inset days - I have to juggle inset days for 3 different schools and it's a nightmare - I live in a unitary authority and don't see why the LEA can't insist on the schools having the same inset days.

Yes, I can see your point; I was shocked to find an infant and juniors which share the SAME site have different INSET Days. That's an example of poor planning.

moneysaver12

I am a college student and for two weeks in a row one of my lessons was cancelled first week it was because it was staff training day and the second week it was because my tutor had to go to a meeting, i do find this annoying as it now means we have got behind and we have exams in two weeks. Also this year is so disorganised, for some reason they have decided to change things on the course, which is part of the reason we are behind in the above lesson. I was told by a tutor last year that one of the training days is to do training and the other one is so the staff can do nice things such as cake making, scuba diving in a swimming pool, i don't know how cake making etc helps the students, all it has done is make our class get behind.

Also because we have got behind we now have to go in for lessons after the exams finish when normally you do the exams and then you don't go in anymore, which is now causing problems for parents who have children.

fernliebee

bonty44 wrote: »

Sadly this isn't the case for a number of families.

I realise, that unfortunately it is not the case for many children, however it was a comment aimed at the OP, if she is so worried about the 'gap' in her child's education then what is she doing to remedy this IYSWIM.

maman

OP reckoned without it being half-term when starting this thread!

I get so fed up with the teacher-bashing threads especially those from parents who take term-time holidays, know it's wrong and then bash teachers to make them feel better.

Just wanted to point out that when Kenneth Baker introduced inset days he took them from school holidays. So children get exactly the same time off as ever, teachers just get 5 days less. That's why, for example, the traditional '6 weeks holiday' in the summer is now 5 and a bit weeks.

I've always felt I'd like to put a sign up in the window saying 'this school will open on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. for staff training' or similar, like they do in shops. Or what about having a POETS day on Friday and finishing at lunchtime?

elisamoose

Zazen999 wrote: »

I'm not a teacher, I'm a Director of a small company......No offence but if I want to start a group on Facebook about Powerpoint, what the heck has that got to do with anyone else?

Thanks for the warning though

sorry thought we were discussing teachers and so assumed it was a teachers group you were suggesting! apologies!

Oldernotwiser

dizziblonde wrote: »

It's always a source of mild bemusement that teachers in particular get constantly reminded about not over-talking, attention spans wandering, keep input sessions short and to the point... and then inset day rolls around... and we get shoved in a classroom and talked at from 9am till 4pm (with break for the mandatory "sort bits of paper into piles" activity so the person delivering the course has "used kinasthetic learning").

Fantastic isn't it? 6 hours of lectures on "active learning"!

pollypenny

lolababy wrote: »

Iv noticed that teacher training days are never taken in the childs holidays. My child broke up on Thursday and is then off for a further week. Friday the teachers training day. Why can they not have a training day in the school holidays.

How is it you've noticed this? Before I retired we had Baker Days on the Friday of term end and the following Monday.

In addition, if you are so good at noticing, try noticing all the teachers' cars in the car park for most of the first week of these so-called holidays.

In secondary schools, teachers go in to sort and give out GCSE, AS and A-Level results. Its then usually end of holidays and in school advising students.

Dizzie - I had the impression that there is a compulsory fortnightly teacher-bashing thread. :rolleyes:

I loved the job and really miss the buzz in the classroom. Thankfully, most parents are smashing and work with the school for the best in their kids.