I spent four years full-time getting my BEd, which including 36 weeks of full-time teaching practice, the philosophy, psychology and sociology of education, as well as all the lesson planning, recording keeping, profiling and assessing you could wish for. Became Head of Department, entering students for exams, predicting grades, setting and marking coursework and doing all the paperwork and recoding keeping heaped on us in greater and greater volumes. During 25 years teaching I also went on additional courses and got qualified as an NVQ assessor and verifier.
When I retired, I thought I'd do a bit of adult education teaching - I'd already been doing that in Taunton for three years in the evenings while I was teaching in secondary school. But the education authority here wanted me to do the City & Guilds Adult Teaching certificate part-time. My response - No Way! I'm wasn't going to waste two years my time doing what I've already done to greater depth than C&G, be bored out of my skull while doing it, and if I can't teach by now, I never will. So I joined a lacemaking class as a student instead. How glad I am that I decided just to retire, one reason for doing so being that I got fed up with being bogged down with more and more senseless paperwork, leaving less time to do preparation, teaching and assessing properly, which is what I thought the job was all about. Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
