A level teacher leaving at end of Dec, Y13

[Gazelda]

I’m concerned at how disruptive this is likely to be.

DD’s teacher has announced he’s leaving. School are now recruiting for replacement, I don’t know how likely it will be that they get a good replacement in time to settle and get to know the students well enough in their last term of study.

I appreciate teachers move on. And I wish him well because he’s been fantastic. But wondered if anyone has any thoughts on how we can expect the school to minimise the impact and whether there’s anything we should consider doing such as getting a tutor in now (Oct).

To be honest, I’m concerned about the timing of this from DD’s perspective. She gets on so well with her teacher but is an introvert prone to anxiety. There won’t be much time for a new teacher to get to know her and develop a positive relationship with her to keep her confidence up.

anyone got any thoughts or reassurance?

Can you say what subject it is? That may make a difference to how easy it is to recruit.

Is there no one in the school currently who can pick up? I left a school in December and obviously left my exam classes (not ideal for sure but I had no option). A colleague who knew the students was able to pick up the teaching of KS4 and 5 for the final term and a bit while my replacement took on the KS3 classes.

Agree with Clary, if that happened in our school unless we could find an exceptionally good replacement the timetables would be altered so that other teachers of the subject would pick up the y13 class, i did that myself a few years back. Obviously doesn’t work if they are the are the sole teacher of the subject.

Its already been said but it does depend on the subject on how easy they will be able to replace the teacher.

The school will already be looking into timetable changes and what in the curriculum will have been taught.

Thank you so much for replying.

It’s actually 2 humanities subjects. School haven’t given any indication that they’ll shuffle existing staff, just said that they’re busy recruiting. I’m sure they’ll have to move people around if they’re unable to recruit a suitable replacement ready for next term, I’m confident they’ll be doing whatever they can to keep momentum of learning.

it’s just so unsettling during a year when so much else has to be juggled and without the luxury of any spare time before exams.

I think it will be okay for a humanities subject. Due to similar circumstances I pretty much taught myself my psychology A Level, and I now have a degree in the subject!

But honestly, you shouldn't worry about it. It's for the school to sort out, and spending time worrying about it isn't going to change the outcome. Worrying for 3 months is a lot of time to waste worrying!