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Normal to feel overwhelmed returning full time after maternity leave?
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Advice wanted on moving into a SENCO role
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How is everyone feeling about the new school year?
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Teaching burnout at 61 and wondering how others manage until retirement
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Join me for the countdown to bullying line manager leaving at the end of term
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Online tutor platforms. Recommendations, please.
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Anyone else starting a new role?
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How are half-day working hours usually calculated in schools?
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Interview advice for college lecturer
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Part timers - do you attend all staff meetings?
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TA advice
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Homework for A level science
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Best personalised stamp ideas for a new primary teacher (gift)
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Can I train to teach chemistry with a third class biology degree?
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Positives about being a teacher/staying in teaching
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Nervous about first A-level results as a new head of department
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Working as a spld assessor for a private provider in England, whilst living full time in the EU.
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Why do employers need Occupational Health Assessment done on an employee when surely the situation is very obvious?
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Teachers- what time do you get to school and leave?
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INSET on non-working days
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New Timetable and I want to cry!!!
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Following on from the LA whistleblower case… please don’t hide deficits : protect yourself
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Missing being at work, just need to tell someone
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Surgery during school holidays
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Andy Burnham Hope
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Rucksack for work
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Pension contributions dropping massively?
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Discounts for teachers
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Applying to be an examiner
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Feeling disheartened about my new timetable and job prospects
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What did you do when you left teaching?
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Anyone else feeling completely drained at the start of the summer holidays?
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Anyone else finished for summer?
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Replacing missing touchscreen whiteboard pen
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Exit Interviews - HR, SLT or Governors?
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What AI tools are you finding useful and reliable in teaching?
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Lunchtime one hour to thirty minutes
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Anyone else get exhausted on a Friday?
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Anyone else frustrated by delays and poor communication with GCSE marking?
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Anxiety in staff meetings and safeguarding discussions at work
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Should I be expected to mark mock exams while off sick?
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Anyone marking exams?
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Illegal exclusion
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Sept start job application response time
2
ECT struggling with behaviour
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Moving from EYFS to Year 5 - HELP
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Looking for feedback on our new MIS platform (Loudwater.io)
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How hot was your classroom today and is your school closing?
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Teaching inference
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Best route for returner without induction done
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