I have posted before about 2 weeks ago. I am a cover supervisor employed by my school, who is doing the job of a teacher minus parents evenings.
One of the teachers just left one day and didn't come back, i've been covering both her classes and her form for nearly a month now.
Another teacher in the dept is leaving, and her job was just advertised, the interview was today. I got as far as a lesson but was told I had not got to interview stage.
I'm disappointed because I thought my lesson was really good. I am already teaching that class, they can be chatty but they were as good as gold today. Completely on-task and just excellent. We got everything done.
I felt my lesson was paced, differentiated and with a clear objective. It referred back to a previous lesson and I played a game, used AFL, lots of praise, had a sense of humour, and the behaviour policy.
One of the other teachers told me they had barely got through anything and that behaviour wasn't good, but was kept on.
If they thought someone else had a better lesson then that's fair enough, i'm just struggling to know what they are looking for.
Today a man came in and announced that another Cover Teacher would be taking the form i've covering long-term, so that they have some continuity, even though i've been with them for 3 weeks now. They have said they like form with me and I have a good relationship with them.
The dept have said to the SLT that they really like working with me, i'm really helpful and doing a great job.
I'm just disappointed that i'm ok to be a teacher on the cheap and do the planning, marking and delivering, but not good enough to be employed as a teacher.
I hope it doesn't come across as entitled because I know that the job was not 'mine' so to speak.