Saturday teaching?

[DaisyNonna]

So Michael Gove wants teachers to work on Saturdays to raise standards.
Teaching-Learning is a two way process. Not all pupils are capable of obtaining the exam pass rates wanted by the government. One size does not fit all.
Does he envisage this to be voluntary for teachers and pupils? If so he should check around. Many teachers and pupils give up time after school and at weekends for sport and interest clubs. Extra classes? Who would support these? Not the pupils, possibly not the parents and not the teachers already overburdened with paperwork which is only filed and rarely referred to. More classes, more paperwork, more stress for pupils and teachers. Fewer learning possibilities.

[starone]

Thank you sophie. Because people like you enjoy teaching it meant that I did not have to do it. When I was much younger I taught in evening classes, which was very rewarding - they paid and they wanted to learn. I thought I would try teaching in a school. Worst decision I ever made. All hours were taken up preparing lessons and marking any work done, including holidays. I was worn to a frazzle and I lasted one term. I went back to evening teaching vowing never again would I make such a mistake. So again thank you sophie - I am very grateful to all who can stay the course in teaching.

[sophie_1003]

I don't, I spend it planning, assessing, making resources, putting up displays, evaluating my practise, cleaning the classroom up, filling out forms to refer children for extra support, making records of what children have done to go home to parents amongst a load of other things, you were very lucky if all you had to do was planning, why did you leave teaching if it was so easy?

[sophie_1003]

Thanks starbuck! It's early days yet so I might follow you eventually. I'm lucky that I don't have teenagers to contend with, just wet pants and snotty noses, although judging by what teachers of older ones have said not many would swap to be in my position!

[FredPuli43]

Like baldric, I always had school on Saturdays,in my case right from age 7 (when we got Wednesday afternoon off) to 18 (from 11 we had all Wednesday as well as Saturday mornings). That was the Perse in Cambridge. Nothing wrong in it, don't think the teachers complained, and we never thought it odd at the time.

[abstibus]

Looks as if teachers are now required to be surrogate parents - I suppose they will be asked to breastfeed next. Some children are not even housetrained when they start school.

[lozzer50]

Gove is an ass.

[sophie_1003]

Definitely Annie Mollie, can imagine some parents reactions if they were required to find childcare for a Wednesday afternoon, all hell would break loose! And yep Lozzer, that about sums him up!