I could really do with some advice on this one. I started at a school in a tough area in Jan, contract is for two terms. I inherited a year 5 class from a member of the management team who moved to a different year group.They were tough, kids kicking off, strangling each other, not listening, slamming doors, refusing to do work, fights breaking out.
I began to suspect very early on I shouldn't have been given this class as an NQT. Ofsted came in my second week and the head told me they questioned why an NQT had been given that class. I also had other teachers say they didn't think I should have been given them.
It was picked up I was struggling with my planning, so I was given support by the year 6 teacher as she is the only person in the school with experience teaching year 5. I have also met once with an outside consultant who was hired to help all the year groups.
I had my second formal obs on Monday ( I didn't realise it was a formal obs, I just thought she was coming to provide me with some feedback as I had asked her to) and got told by mentor I'm not on track to meet standards. She and the head want to meet next week to decide on an action plan.
I'm very doubtful this will work tbh. The class have generally chipped away at my self confidence and my enthusiasm and passion are gone. My mentor said she can tell I've lost my sparkle and I'm literally just getting through day by day, counting the hours, this is how bad it's got. I said that I have been giving everything up until recently and what happens if I have nothing else to give? How can I improve my teaching then?
She also today, said that she had her reservations about giving an NQT that class.
This is where I'm becoming unstuck. My head and heart says leave before Easter, before my confidence takes anymore of a kicking. But I want to raise this point about my class - that several experienced people have said that I shouldn't have been given this class as an NQT because of their behavioural issues. If I decide to get my LA involved and get my school to recognise that I shouldn't have been given that class, I feel that will make a difference not only to my confidence, but also to my standing in the local teaching community. What I mean is, if I go for another job, and it gets heard that I left before my 1st term, surely it will be thought of as differently by potential employers if it is recognised that I was given a class I shouldn't have been.
Sorry for the rambling. Does anyone have any advice on this issue?
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gl88 · 12/03/2014 19:41
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