I am leaving to do tutoring and a bit of supply before hopefully finding another career. I have had enough of a system that doesn't work. The valid suggestions by staff of what doesn't work, are just ignored by Headteachers and SLT.
Writing IEP's is completely pointless and a waste of time. We all write them, leave them on the system and never look at them again until the next time. Similarly, I do many things to help my SEN children daily, but don't write them down. Writing things down, doesnt mean it's happening, likewise there is plenty happening that isn't being written down.
Detailed planning is completely pointless. If you adapt and carry out A4L, you don't follow the planning anyway.
The curriculum is so jammed packed, that children rushing through objectives does not help them, it hinders them. There isn't time to revisit parts of the curriculum that children need more of. A beautiful rainbow outside the window, and I am not allowed to stop what I am doing and paint it or observe it. What we do is not teaching, it's just following a script.
Senior leaders love the power. They love to justify their position. They often don't know any better than the hard working staff, they are supposedly coaching and managing. They don't have the answers. Lots of things are opinions. Book looks, observations, coaching, yet they do a lot of telling without showing how to do it. But their opinion is final regardless. They just follow a script and don't question it. The treatment of some staff, is just appalling.
Staying up late into the evenings and weekends, takes away life. Time with your family and kids is precious. Teaching takes it all away. Staff are stressed and fighting to be recognised.
Behaviour of children and parents is getting worse and worse. Social media, online influences, bad parenting and a lack of consequences are turning many children into feral delinquents.
So I am out.