Those "educationalist" superstar teachers

[ElizabethHoover]

The ones who have whooping twitter accounts called toolbox guru or whatever.

Are they wankers to work with? Please say yes. They get my goat online. Even during the holidays posting away about how they mark with an iPad app only readable by goats. The kids all write feedback in hieroglyphics etc. also def don't say their teachers. Are educationalists. Go to teach meets all the frickin time.

I hate em

I might tweet this thread, just to piss them off

A 'superteacher' I worked with has her own blog where she imparts her nuggets of wisdom and posts pretty pictures of fabulous displays and all-singing/dancing lessons. It gives us 'dinosaur' teachers much amusement - she's taught for 6 months on supply, 6 months in a failing school prior to getting a permanent job. She is the loudest, nastiest shouter in school who has no class control & does very little that isn't worksheet based. Classroom looks pretty though, and she has lots to say in meetings.

tartiflette
what 'gave' in his life though?

oh am big fan of reading, but at the start of every lesson? some kids HATED it.

Dunno really Elizabeth, it's a good question. His family time was sacred, he did loads of stuff outside of teaching educating
I don't recall him doing all that much marking but then this was in the days before the purple pen of progress, DIRT and other such horrors...

i am unconvinced you can have it all.

I could have it all if I had a wife slave

We had an inset with jim smith, the 'lazy outstanding teacher' and actually it was great. He was hugely helpful, talked about how he reached breaking point and how he and his school worked to try and prevent burn out.

And I've been teaching twelve years and am usually very cynical of these things!

Actually that's bollocks I don't think the hoops we all currently have to jump through allow for having it all, in that - unlike say 5 years ago - I no longer have time and energy to be visionary or even particularly creative.
Mind you it depends on your school. I've been in a wrong un for the past year but am fortunately starting somewhere new after Easter.

X posts haggis. I've not heard of him. Is he on twitter?

We've had Jim as well. He was good and actually his Lazy Teacher Handbook is worth forking out for.

Yes I think he is-if you google the lazy outstanding teacher, you'll get him. www.lazyteacher.co.uk/

His book is 18 quid

Is it really that good?

It was when I bought it. Tbh I use so much of it on an everyday basis now that it's turned into a "what do you mean, you don't already do that???" thing so I would recommend flicking through a copy before shelling out as is may be that you already know it.

He is on Twitter, tartiflette - @thelazyteacher

Thank god I am not on I am but I don't understand it twitter.

In fact I think I am following you remus (nchanged a while ago but sent you something in the post once!)

I've never heard of these people, should I look them up!!?

Hello you! What's your name on Twitter?

A lot of them aren't teachers anymore. They aren't SLT. They are professional educationalists, whatever that means.

Pm'd you!

Professional knob jockeys more like.

the lazy stuff is all just obvious, isnt it?

Amazing how many people don't realise though...

'professional educationalists'

Independent learning or whatever with Ian gilbert employs loads of them - they all drink Kool Aid and stuff

Ian Gilberts book on motivation really interested me at the 18 years in teaching mark
www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-Motivation-Classroom-Ian-Gilbert/dp/0415643554/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1428355356&sr=8-4&keywords=ian+gilbert

the price is SHOCKING though.

Terrible. am sure it wasnt that much then