Crazy Class

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If something is wrong, get some help.

Use your discreation with this list. For example ,there are some things that if you tell your head might get you in more trouble! I remember a friend doing some supply who went and told the head about the bad behaviour in the school. The head denied that there was a problem and my friend never got anymore supply work from that school. Tell a person who is going to understand and is not going to make things worse.

Heres a handy list to put you on the right tracks:

1 Tell a friend at work

2 Tell your union official

3 Tell your head of department

4 Tell your line manager and your line managers manager

5 Tell the head

6 Teacher counselling services ( run by unions)

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Hi there, you have found the homepage of Crazy class. There are lots of crazy classes inschools around the world and on the web but this site is about my teaching experiences in secondary schools in England.

I want this site to give an insight into a teachers life to be used as a resource for those in the proffesion and for those considering getting into teaching via a PGCE.

Disclaimer: Names have been changed or ommited. If you think any of this is about you,your wrong becuase it’s about someone else you’ve never even met. Also I try to tell how I see it and I dont always get it right ( I may be a teacher, but I am still human).

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I know that I have gone on about all the shit stuff in teaching but I have also had some really good times in the classroom. (ok for me thats about 20/80 split in favour of the shit times). The good lessons where everything clicks and the kids get it and your in the groove are great. At the time it doesn’t matter about all the bad times because the feeling of connecting is very powerful.At times I have felt really good knowing that I have made a difference at the end of a lesson and for me that is the ultimate reward in teaching. (and I am being sincere).

I have had some really great classes over the years. With these classes everything came together.I suppose it was a mixture of the group dynamic, the lessons, the individuals or just something that got the whole thing to click ( on my side of the experience anyway).

I taught this one top group where every lesson was a joy.The kids where so perceptive and had reached a level of maturity that I could really cut loose and teach how I wanted. For me this represented the best of my teaching experience and I gratefully acknowledge the participation of that class for giving me that opportunity. ( the class also got lots of A’s and A* at gcse , but I’m not taking credit for this as this was a top group and would do really well left to their own devices).

Sometimes you have to go with the flow in teaching and get a laugh when you can. It helps to reduce stress.

Read on for a couple of classics from my classroom.

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Get some good information and support from the union. Contact :

NASUWT

NUT

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This site is primarily about my life in teaching and also a whole lot of other stuff.

But why crazy class?

Ive been teaching mainly lower ability classess with lots of challenging behaviour.

At times it gets a bit crazy…….and thats just me!

(no offence to pupils past and present)

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