Teaching is a profession that can become all-consuming. Which is fine if you’re ok with that. This post is different. As a teacher, perhaps you’ve had experiences where you: …have so much to do (lesson planning, marking, replying to emails, responding to parents) that you just don’t know where to start …feel your stress levels riseContinueContinue reading “Is being a teacher taking over your life?”
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Are your lesson objectives about your teaching or their learning?
When I started teaching my attention was all on me and what I was doing. Understandably I was nervous. It would start before I even got in the classroom. From crafting elegant, amazing PowerPoints through to setting intricate timings for activities. As I improved my lesson planning, I came to rely on well-written lesson objectives.ContinueContinue reading “Are your lesson objectives about your teaching or their learning?”
It's time to give up the romanticism of the 'entrepreneur' and embrace the 'intrapreneur'
This machine causes intrapreneurship I have always admired entrepreneurs. They create. They take risks. They make loads of money. At least that’s the stereotype. I’m not saying they don’t work hard and live and breathe their idea – they do that as well. There is something attractive about the entrepreneurial spirit. It’s as if itContinueContinue reading “It's time to give up the romanticism of the 'entrepreneur' and embrace the 'intrapreneur'”
Disruption To The Educational System
Yes my writing is illegible… I’m a teacher. This is a fact I mostly say with pride. I was inspired by the adverts when I was 25 (I’m 39 at the time of writing) to change careers. More frequently now though, I find myself wondering what I would be doing if I’d stayed in myContinueContinue reading “Disruption To The Educational System”
JDS Insights: November 2011
Catching up slowly but surely! November had a four memorable areas: 1) school, 2) chocolate and exercise, 3) closure and clarity and 4) alcohol.* —– 1) School Building on the book I read in October: I had some interesting feedback in November. My Sixth Form Pupils said comments like: “The lessons are much better becauseContinueContinue reading “JDS Insights: November 2011”
JDS Insights: October 2011
I’m aware that it’s Christmas Eve…and I’m posting about stuff that happened months ago. But a lot has happened in those months. Re-reading the insights for October and I’m instantly transported to my state of mind back then. The big thing was my birthday. This year on October 3rd I turned 35 years old. AtContinueContinue reading “JDS Insights: October 2011”
JDS Insights: August 2011
August for a teacher really means one thing: Summer Holidays. Although it didn’t feel so much like that for me for several reasons. I didn’t go away anywhere on holiday (combined with being in and out of school) and I managed to sprain my ankle quite badly doing Urban Krav Maga. I suppose it comesContinueContinue reading “JDS Insights: August 2011”
Class of 2011: Onwards and Upwards
The staff room floor… Teachers always approach the last day of school for a group of Year 13 students with a certain amount of trepidation. Traditionally, it’s viewed as the Annual Day of Practical Jokes. This year, their last day coincided with the day of the Leavers’ Boat Party where the Leavers of Our SchoolContinueContinue reading “Class of 2011: Onwards and Upwards”
Reasons for (my lessons) Losing Focus
So apart from the obvious (well actually rather convoluted) reasoning of my Past, Present, Future post there are some other thoughts about why my lessons lose focus.As I’m writing this post, I’m wondering if my lessons in school are actually a metaphor for my life?1) Being told what to doThis can annoy everyone to theirContinueContinue reading “Reasons for (my lessons) Losing Focus”
Being a Teenager
You never quite know what a particular week is going to throw up on you. I don’t know if my profession makes me more susceptible to the influence of television or a particular craze (be it yo-yos, playing rock paper scissors or links to obscure websites [infoslash.net anyone?]) or if it’s just my personality. PerhapsContinueContinue reading “Being a Teenager”
James D'Souza 