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Do children suffer from two teachers jobsharing their class?

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emkana · 14/07/2006 10:56

Because that's the situation dd1 will be in next year.
I'm a bit about it, does anybody have any experiences?

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emkana · 14/07/2006 10:56

She'll be in year 1 btw.

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charliecat · 14/07/2006 10:58

dont know, but dd2 is going to be jobshare and mixed year. time will tell!

WigWamBam · 14/07/2006 10:58

I shall be watching this thread with interest as I was about to start one along similar lines!

Dd is moving into a class with job-sharing teachers next year and I'm in two minds. If their lesson-planning and communication are good then I can't see it being too much of a problem but otherwise it could be disastrous.

shimmy21 · 14/07/2006 11:05

I have job-shared a class and it worked very well in most respects because each of us could teach to our strengths. (e.g. I've always been rubbish at music and don't teach it well so my job-share did that). Of course the communication thing is vital but providing your school has that sorted then it can work very well for everyone.

Think of the fact that your child will be getting 2 teachers who are both refreshed and enthusisatic rather than one exhausted one!

LucyJones · 14/07/2006 11:08

My SIL jobshares reception children. I know that she gets on very well with her colleague and they regularly go to each others houses in the evenings to discuss lesson planning etc. I guess it depends on the relationship between the 2 teachers but I think it can work

nutcracker · 14/07/2006 11:09

Dd2 has been in a class with 2 teachers this year (yr1) and has been absolutly fine.

We weren't actually told from the beginning that there would be 2 teachers but Dd's teacher has alot to do with the pupils with special needs and so was always rushing off for meetings here and there and so this other teacher just sort of slotted in.

It hasn't created any problems though as the comunication between the 2 teachers was very good and it certainly never bothered Dd.

KBear · 14/07/2006 11:11

A class in DD's school have job-sharers - no apparent problems as far as I know. Most classes are split for different subjects from year 1 anyway, ie sets for maths etc so they are used to different teachers.

catrin · 14/07/2006 11:13

I am a job sharing teacher and it seems to work fine for the children. Both of us love our class and have the best interests of the children in mind all the time. I would say though, it might be worth writing notes to the teachers for certain things, eg dd at appointment next week, going home with friend tomorrow etc just in case the teacher you tell isn't in on the relevant day. Hope all goes ok.

geekgrrl · 14/07/2006 11:16

my dd1 (6 yrs old and in Y2) is in a jobshared class - she has been and will be throughout primary school (apart from YR). It's lovely - both her teachers are very nice, both bring different qualities to the classroom and they coordinate their work very well - I really feel that it's a much better situation than having just one teacher.
Dd1 thinks they are both super.

poisson · 14/07/2006 11:17

if communicationg ood then you get tow lots of enegy for ht eprice of one imo

poisson · 14/07/2006 11:17

funny that in secondary is desirable to have lots of pteachers but in primary not

23balloons · 14/07/2006 11:22

ds had this in Reception this year and it worked fine although he preferred one to the other. I was a bit worried at first but I think if the 2 teachers communicate well there shouldn't be a problem and it is handy if one is sick or has to be away the other will often cover.

KTeePee · 14/07/2006 11:24

DD had this for one term in Yr 1 while they waited for a new full-time teacher to start, don't remember it being a problem

DumbledoresGirl · 14/07/2006 11:29

Ds1 has been taught by job sharing teachers twice - in Year 3 and this year (Year 5). I am getting his school report today so I will have a clearer idea of how his years has been later (!) but I wouldn't say it was usually a problem to have job shring teachers, particularly not if they have been doing it for some time as they are usually pretty good at communication and working together.

The biggest advantage, I would say, is that you get 2 people's expertise at your child's disposal rather than just one. As a primary teacher myself, I know that they all have some subjects they are particularly good at or dislike and hopefully, your two teachers will have shared out the curriculum to meet their strengths.

annh · 14/07/2006 11:43

DS1 had a job-share in Yr 2 and also this year (Yr 3). It has worked absolutely fine for him on both occasions, in general the teachers in his school are v-good so I think they all taught to their strengths and it also meant that they never had to have supply teachers as all the teachers seemed to be able to switch days round if necessary. Would have no concerns at all about it.

TwoToTango · 14/07/2006 12:29

Exactly the same as 23balloons. In fact it worked so well I am a bit worried how he will feel about having the same teacher all the time from September!

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emkana · 14/07/2006 12:50

This is all very encouraging! Feel happier about it now!

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Arabica · 14/07/2006 13:47

Hello emkana! Nothing useful to add to your thread, just checking in to see how you and Sebastian are doing.

SoMuchToBits · 14/07/2006 13:57

I have a friend whose dd was in a job shared class one year. She said that initially she wasa bit wooried about how it would work, but actually it was the best year at school her dd had ever had, as she really liked both teachers in different ways.

tobysmumkent · 14/07/2006 14:03

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sunnydelight · 14/07/2006 16:21

DS1 had job-sharers twice in primary. I like it (as long as communication is good) as I think you get more than the sum of the two parts! Teachers are less knackered and if your child doesn't particularly get on with one, there is always the other. In the first jobshare (year 1) when one of the teachers went off on maternity leave the other took over the class full time which was obviously far less disruptive for the kids than a cover teacher they didn't know.

motherinferior · 14/07/2006 16:47

DD1 seems to have had a jobshare (says vaguely) and it seems to have worked pretty well. She likes school and does well there, anyway....

joelallie · 14/07/2006 16:59

As long as it's consistent and both the teachers are good then I'd say it wasn't a problem. This happened in yr 1 for both mine - different teacher Tuesday and Friday. They were both excellent teachers. However - DS#1's year 3 went a bit pear-shaped when his beloved teacher went on maternity leave and he was left with one new teacher who did 3 days a week and another that did 2 - the first teacher was very poor imo and seemed to be always away so the class was left with endless supply teachers. DS was most unsettled and it does seem that his work went down hill a bit - he was issued with an IEP this year which I reckon might be at least partly due to the muddle everything was in last year. He is a child who appreciates the familiar.

So... can be OK with provisos

2shoes · 14/07/2006 17:04

this has been the situation for dd for the last 2 yrs. it has worked really well as the 2 teachers have quite differing personalities.
dd has cp and is in an sn school

albosmum · 14/07/2006 17:15

ds1 had job share teachers in year 1 absolutely no problems

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