Shhh   10 #1 Posted October 9, 2015 The first half of the Autumn term has been the worst for supply teaching in Sheffield and Rotherham ever. Anyone have any insight into to why this might be? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Hook   10 #2 Posted October 9, 2015 I've had a few friends say the exact opposite - they've hardly been out of work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   215 #3 Posted October 9, 2015 Worst as in no work or terrible behaviour? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mary70 Â Â 10 #4 Posted October 9, 2015 Might have something to do with parents complaining about how much supply cover is used, it is awful for a child to be walking into a class to a different teacher every day, it has been a major problem with my daughters education, why a teacher has to be off or out of the classroom so much is ridiculous Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
sgtkate   10 #5 Posted October 9, 2015 Might have something to do with parents complaining about how much supply cover is used, it is awful for a child to be walking into a class to a different teacher every day, it has been a major problem with my daughters education, why a teacher has to be off or out of the classroom so much is ridiculous  Perhaps if all the parents fined the school £100 a day for each day the teacher takes off during term-time things would change Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
amazon123   17 #6 Posted October 9, 2015 Perhaps if all the parents fined the school £100 a day for each day the teacher takes off during term-time things would change  Teachers don't take "time off" during term time They will have to attend courses related to their work to ensure their professional development You wouldn't expect any other "professional" profession not to attend meetings or courses related to their work Most teachers I know arrive at school at around 7.45, don't have any kind of break in the day AT ALL, including toilet breaks because of the nature of the job, attempt to ensure the academic progress of 30 children (of which on average 6 or 7 in each class are nightmare children - one of which any normal person couldn't even control for any length of time - let alone 30), take large amounts of work home with them which they complete up to around 7 or 8 pm, get vilified in the press and earn a relative pittance of the privelege. :DChunter away, you ignorant <REMOVED>. I bet you have spawned one of the nightmare children I referred to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GLASGOWOODS Â Â 10 #7 Posted October 9, 2015 Teachers don't take "time off" during term time They will have to attend courses related to their work to ensure their professional development You wouldn't expect any other "professional" profession not to attend meetings or courses related to their work Most teachers I know arrive at school at around 7.45, don't have any kind of break in the day AT ALL, including toilet breaks because of the nature of the job, attempt to ensure the academic progress of 30 children (of which on average 6 or 7 in each class are nightmare children - one of which any normal person couldn't even control for any length of time - let alone 30), take large amounts of work home with them which they complete up to around 7 or 8 pm, get vilified in the press and earn a relative pittance of the privelege. :DChunter away, you ignorant <REMOVED>. I bet you have spawned one of the nightmare children I referred to. Â What a load of cobblers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
amazon123 Â Â 17 #8 Posted October 9, 2015 So teachers swan off to York for the day in term time? Â And which part of what I said was cobblers? Please enlighten me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GLASGOWOODS   10 #9 Posted October 9, 2015 (edited) So teachers swan off to York for the day in term time? And which part of what I said was cobblers? Please enlighten me.  So you're saying teachers are too busy to use the toilet. Haha! Tenna pants and touching cloth all day.  Plenty of past threads on poor teachers and how hard done by they all seem to be. If they don't like their chosen profession, then leave and get a job that doesn't give then at least a third of a year off, with decent pay. Edited October 9, 2015 by GLASGOWOODS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
amazon123 Â Â 17 #10 Posted October 9, 2015 Ha! You know nothing about teaching if you think many of them have time to use the toilet. This is why a large number of teachers suffer from kidney stones. Ask any nephrologist. But I expect you'll have to google the term as you're too busy eating biscuits while pretending to lay bricks to have acquired a decent grasp of the English language. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GLASGOWOODS Â Â 10 #11 Posted October 9, 2015 Ha! You know nothing about teaching if you think many of them have time to use the toilet. This is why a large number of teachers suffer from kidney stones. Ask any nephrologist. But I expect you'll have to google the term as you're too busy eating biscuits while pretending to lay bricks to have acquired a decent grasp of the English language. Â Haha! Â Give us a link then. Â Ps...I socialise with a couple of teachers and I do sympathise with a lot of what they tell me i.e. targets/bad kids, but not using the toilet? You're talking out of your arse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ll49 Â Â 10 #12 Posted October 11, 2015 I'm sure having a third of the year off work helps soften the blow of working 12 hour days, which most of us do without all that time off. Â I get so sick of hearing teachers moan about pay, hours worked, having to put up with kids....well don't be a teacher then, what exactly did you think your job entailed when you decided to do it?!?! Â Spend a day in the life of a firefighter cutting dead or badly burned people out of high speed car crashes, running into buildings that no one else dare go near for fearing for their lives. Try working as a paediatric surgeon who has to perform a life saving operation on an infant who's existence is in your hands, or many other professions that have it far worse and more stressful and demanding and who don't strike at any and every given opportunity!! Â If you don't like being a teacher then don't do it!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...