Career Change

[Paulie Dangerously]

As others have already said, seriously impressed by your approach to this, Paulie. Hope it all works out for you. Primary schools need more male role models than the Head and the caretaker

Cheers ears.

 

Got 2 interviews lined up already. One end of Jan for the course I want and another for what would be my 3rd choice.

[Chairman Meow]

As others have already said, seriously impressed by your approach to this, Paulie. Hope it all works out for you. Primary schools need more male role models than the Head and the caretaker

 

When I was working in schools I did some IT support for the local feeder primaries.

 

It was always noticeable how much the kids used to react to a man being around as there seem to be so few of them in primary schools. 

 

 

I was the same at Access, chev, right the way through. Uni has been exactly what I expected in terms of the coursework/exams. Less of it (in this semester), but marked more harshly and demanding a reasonable amount more again from you, exactly as it should be.

 

If you’re hitting those grades at Access though, and receptive to being told what needs to be improved on each piece of work next year (as they’d still be doing that if you were handing in essays marked at 98% and above), you’ll be just fine, and in my experience enjoy being pushed more.

 

Once I got into it a bit and over the novelty that I could apply myself to some form of study for the first time ever, I found that Access was always having to tailor itself more to the weakest students in the class than the strongest and got somewhat lowest common denominator for me, whereas Uni is pushing everyone more.

 

Our access feels like that a little with the Chemistry stuff, but the Maths definitely doesn't have any lowest common denominator factor. Plus the level 2 stuff we had to do has been a nightmare, that was very hard to get motivated for and I had to leave it till the last minute so I HAD to do it because there was so little challenge to it. 

 

I was a lot more nervous for our final Chemistry exam but I think that was mainly down to having 3 days revision only because I had been ill over Christmas and New Year. My revision obviously still worked, but on the other hand if I'd done it how I'd originally planed I would expect to have been a lot more at ease with it. 

 

Sounds more or less like what I expect on the degree side. I think the hardest thing for me at the moment is that I still haven't really got myself into a schedule that gets me doing enough work to keep ticking over in balance with my Access stuff. 

 

With the guaranteed income once I'm on the degree I'm hoping that should become way less of an issue, because I know my rent on the farm is definitely covered. The guy from NCS we did a personal statement workshop with reckons he found the first year in particular way easier than he did his access, purely from the time scale perspective. 

 

There was a point in late November where it just seemed to like we had a deadline every other day. 

[Paulie Dangerously]

3 Uni interviews now coming up in the next fortnight.  My personal statement must not have been gibberish.  First one for the course I really want, and the other two for what would be my 2nd and 3rd choices.  Been working every night on improving my maths and English skills.  Reading as much as I can about the career and issues therein.  Think I'm just going to camp out on the laptop this weekend to finalise my knowledge and go in there and give it my best shot. 

 

My 2nd week of placement was even better than my first, loved every minute of it even though one kid said I had less hair than a dinosaur. 

[Fugitive]

I’ve got a 3rd interview with a company tomorrow for a new role that will be a nice step up from what I’m currently doing.

 

It’s a logistics manager role for a company who are modernising the business and will essentially give me free reign to bring in my own people, software and processes. The salary is excellent with fantastic bonuses and it seems to be a great company to work for who focus more on people that profits.

 

Meeting the GM, HR director and projects manager.

 

Fingers crossed.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Had my first uni interview today. Think it went well. The feedback from the lesson I taught was decent with only a few reflections and the maths test wasn't as daunting as I thought. Hopefully hear this week

[PestiRed]

Had my first uni interview today. Think it went well. The feedback from the lesson I taught was decent with only a few reflections and the maths test wasn't as daunting as I thought. Hopefully hear this week

Good luck, keeping my fingers crossed for you

[Champ]

Had my first uni interview today. Think it went well. The feedback from the lesson I taught was decent with only a few reflections and the maths test wasn't as daunting as I thought. Hopefully hear this week

You had to teach a lesson as part of your interview? Really?

[Paulie Dangerously]

Good luck, keeping my fingers crossed for you

Cheers

You had to teach a lesson as part of your interview? Really?

Yup, a 20 minute English or maths lesson to a group of mixed ability year 3s

[Champ]

Cheers

Yup, a 20 minute English or maths lesson to a group of mixed ability year 3s

Wow. Well, if you need further support just you can tell them the readers of this thread will be happy to vouch for the thought and effort you have put into your application

[Paulie Dangerously]

Wow. Well, if you need further support just you can tell them the readers of this thread will be happy to vouch for the thought and effort you have put into your application

Thanks Cath.

 

I spent ages on the lesson which paid off I think. Living with a teacher also helped.

 

I've got 2 more next week (though if I get on the course I interviewed for today would be my first choice)

[stringvest]

Cheers

Yup, a 20 minute English or maths lesson to a group of mixed ability year 3s

 

 

try it out on the FF.

[Paulie Dangerously]

try it out on the FF.

They're all SEN

[skend04]

Been 'compelled' into applying for a slightly more senior role at work where I'd be taking on more management duties. The only problem is that they'll expect me to keep my same workload and manage trainees and put in place new systems all for 30p an hour extra as there isn't much difference in my current wage and the next grade. I'm going to fluff the interview or pull out altogether me thinks.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Got a conditional offer for the course I want.  Have to pass the professional skills test and obtain copies of my GCSES and A-Levels from the AQA

 

Made up. 

[Lee909]

Congratulations

[Dr Nowt]

Good man.

[Fugitive]

Got a conditional offer for the course I want. Have to pass the professional skills test and obtain copies of my GCSES and A-Levels from the AQA

 

Made up.

Well in, mate.

 

Didn’t get the job I went for. Said I was the standout from a management perspective but lacked experience in a certain department and went with the other cunt.

 

Hope they all get AIDS, the Scottish cunts.

 

I’m not bitter though.

[lifetime fan]

Got a conditional offer for the course I want. Have to pass the professional skills test and obtain copies of my GCSES and A-Levels from the AQA

 

Made up.

Well in mate!

[PestiRed]

Great news, congrats

[Paulie Dangerously]

Thanks folks. First beers of the year tonight and a scurry with Lady D to celebrate

[Champ]

Thanks folks. First beers of the year tonight and a scurry with Lady D to celebrate

'Scurry'. I've not heard it called that before

[Nunavut Patrick]

I taught primary school for about four years.

 

I still have the artwork the kids gave me on my fridge (held up by a Titi Camara fridge magnate).

 

Kids at that age are brilliant.

 

Well in Paulie, you’ll love it but stay away from the staff room politics.

 

Also, have a watch of To Sir WIth Love.

[Nunavut Patrick]

If there is one thing I miss about teaching it’s the light bulb moment.

 

When the little shits actually get the concept or solve the problem. Their eyes and the big smile.

[Ginny]

Wherever you go, there you are.

[Paulie Dangerously]

If there is one thing I miss about teaching it’s the light bulb moment.

 

When the little shits actually get the concept or solve the problem. Their eyes and the big smile.

Had one of them on my second placement. Two kids trying to go up and down numbers by ten. Wrote 100, 90, 80 etc on the board but they just couldn't get it.

 

Teacher asked if I had any ideas so I suggested drawing a "ten ladder" so every rung was ten and putting the numbers on the rungs so they could visualise someone stepping up and down. Instantly they both went from studying their hands to fighting over who got to answer the next question as that tiny shift, literally some vertical and horizontal lines, made sense for them. It was brilliant