The Implications of the new Equality Act
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Better time management
NQT Day 11/10/11
Andy Fitt – Assistant Principal, Itchen 6th Form College
(with thanks to Liz Petheram for ideas)
When I was young my mother used
to say to me,
“To pay for your education, your father
and I had to make a lot of sacrifices.”
And it was true, because they were
both druids.
Milton Jones
Face facts – there will ALWAYS be more
demands on your time than you can cope
with:
Lesson
preparation
Marking and
feedback
College deadlines
College events (parents
evenings/open evenings etc)
Report writing
Changes of syllabus
Etc etc etc
But – some things you
can’t change......
College
deadlines
Number of
sets
Size of sets
Immovable
challenges
Nature of
subject
Parental
expectation
Student
commitment
Demands
of
syllabus
So – let’s look at the areas that
we can do something about:
Lesson preparation
Marking and feedback
Planning ahead
Managing your time (and stress
levels)
Lesson
preparation
Rarely is the question asked:
“Is our children learning?”
George W. Bush
Lesson Preparation - 1
Are you using a clear structure for all your
lessons?
Keep to these ideas
and you’ll find
planning gets
quicker
Lesson Preparation - 2
Talk to colleagues – get ideas from them and
share resources – don’t reinvent the wheel
each lesson! Keep your resources for the
future.
Lesson Preparation - 3
Ask for help – from your head of
department/staff in your area/other
NQTs/support staff/your NQT manager......
Lesson Preparation - 4
Make sure that the basics are working:
Start on time
Include a starter activity to allow latecomers
to enter without disruption and also to allow
you to do the register without being
distracted
Structure your lesson so you leave enough
time for a plenary
Finish promptly (so you can start the next
lesson on time!)
Marking
and
feedback
“To those of you who received
honours, awards and distinctions,
I say, well done. And to the “C”
students, I say, you too can be
President of the United States”
George W. Bush, commencement address to
graduates of Yale University, 2001
Marking & Feedback - 1
This is the most important part of your job
BUT it doesn’t have to take all night!
Ask yourself:
• What do you need to assess?
• Why are you assessing?
• What do you need to feed back?
• Is your feedback appropriate?
• What will students act on?
• Do you have to do the marking?
(use peer marking/Moodle etc)
Marking & Feedback - 2
Some strategies:
Assess content or skills
Monitor not mark
Using mini-whiteboards
Timed essays
Self or peer assessment
with mark scheme
Student pre marking
prior to submission
Mini tests
Essay plans
Shorter pieces of work
Cover sheets for targeted
feedback
File checks
“Their homework is so hard these
days .......
It’s totally done differently to what
I was teached when I was at
school.”
David Beckham, on why he gave up trying to
help his 6 year old son with his maths
homework
Planning
ahead
College is breaking my spirit.
Every single day, they’re telling me
things I don’t know. It’s making
me feel stupid.
Marty, The Gilmore Girls
Planning Ahead - 1
Some strategies:
Use a diary – all the time! (Outlook works well!)
Put in all the college dates for the year TOMORROW
Prioritise all your tasks – decide what HAS to be done by when (tip
– prioritise initially by who asks for it – if the Principal asks for it,
do it before everything else!)
In your diary, backtrack and add an entry showing when you will do
important tasks
For example......................
Planning Ahead - 2
Example:
1.
2.
Student reviews
due on 22nd Nov
My student reviews
need to be finished
by 20th Nov
3.
15th Nov – start
my student
reviews
Put ALL these three dates in your diary!
Planning Ahead - 3
Keep looking at your scheme of work – this will help you plan
sequences of lessons
Check you know NOW when the exams for your subject will be
Find out the dates for whole-college events that might stop you
from teaching a class – add this into your planning
Managing your
time (and
stress levels)
“This boy is every inch a fool but
luckily for him he’s not very tall.”
School report comment
Managing your time - 1
Keep LISTS of things to do, otherwise you’ll
forget. (I keep a folder on my computer marked
“To Do” and then add dated lists i.e. “October
2011”)
DON’T check your emails every time you sit down
at the computer – set yourself a time in the
morning and a time in the evening to check these
and stick to it
When you’ve got a lot to do focus on one task at
a time and get it done. Set yourself a time limit.
Managing your time - 2
Keep prioritising – your key task is to make
sure the students can succeed – everything
else should take a back seat!
Be logical – don’t spend 2 hours preparing a
test that will be done in 10 mins and won’t
really help you or the students that much.
And above all.............................................
Managing your time - 3
Remember that YOU are your students’
greatest asset -
Look after yourself:
eat well
get enough sleep
don’t work all the time
spend time with your family
It’s a great job – and it does get easier!
Parent – Teacher Night:
Let’s Share the Blame
Banner hung above the entrance of
Springfield Elementary School, The Simpsons