Ok …so where were we up to?
Ok yes you had drawn out the plan of your classroom – set out the fixed items on the plan and decided where you wanted to be! Good start …just like setting up a gun turret at the front complete with searchlight!
Its a vital part of your teaching – yet it is overlooked or given little thought by many.
Its not just a case of shoehorning in the children or arranging desks into groups – its far more involved than this.
Now you maybe think I have gone crazy here by writing about stacking chairs…well perhaps a little bit ! But hey who cares !
How is this relevant to anything involved in teaching or classroom organisation or the school – good question…so listen up !
No matter where you are in your career path – Newly trained, existing member of staff or even moving to a new school…you have to fill the spaces that you now find yourself in.
So what do I mean by this?….
Well there are 3 spaces that you will find in your school and you must have your own unique presence and interpretation of each – let me give you some more detail
It’s a startling and worrying fact that approximately 55% of new teachers will quit the profession within the first year or 2 – that’s over ½ of new teachers saying “it’s not what I thought it would be” or “it’s not what I want”.
Wow a sobering thought – so why are new teachers quitting in such large numbers…to answer that we have to wind back a little and firstly look at why people are entering the Teaching profession in the first place?
IT’S YOUR FIRST TEACHING JOB !
Congratulations on passing your teacher training and getting your first teaching job – we’re all very proud of you!
Now when the dust settles, the handshakes are finished and the drinks put away you can contemplate exactly what lies ahead….now that’s a sobering thought if ever there was one!