I’m completing my PGCE at the moment, I always stay every week for my meeting with my mentor which happens once a week, I also attend the school staff meeting every week. I have also attended one of the parents evening which was held.
On the days that I don’t have anything to attend after school I like to leave ASAP obviously making sure any work that needs to take place in school happens. For example marking books and printing work for the best day.
There are some days I leave before 4 and a lot of the time I make sure I leave before 4.30. I just find it awkward as my mentor is working in their classroom and even though they are nice, they don’t speak to me much and I find it awkward sat there with another person in the room in silence.
There’s another student at the school on placement and she stays most nights until at least 5 sometimes longer. She told me this not in a boastful way at all, it’s just because I asked her.
Am I worrying over nothing, will people be taking note of what time I leave school?
I don’t have any children in case that’s relevant at all in terms of leaving school at a certain time.