It is senior leadership team observation week – the week where us NQTs are scrutinised as we spend longer than usual on our weekly lesson plans and create far too many over-thought resources.
I always feel that in practical subjects observations are about ticking boxes, as we are often working on larger projects that pan over several weeks, but the PGCE showed me the necessity to demonstrate progress in an individual lesson – after all, this is what I’d have to do should Ofsted walk in for 20 minutes.
I treated this observation no differently and knew it was no coincidence that they were coming in to my only theory lesson of the fortnight. Only since September have I had to teach a lesson in a classroom – with tables and chairs! It may sound daft, but compared to my usual open space this was fairly daunting. It requires a whole new method of teaching and behaviour management strategies and I now understand why many teachers refuse to cover drama lessons!
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