Three weeks in. How’s it going? On top of things? In charge? Let’s hope so. This half-term can make or break you, and we’re not just talking NQTs.
The pressure is relentless, it’s total vigilance and multi-tasking from dawn to dusk.
Well, I’m here to help. I got the Knowledge. I got the Wisdom. I am the Pedagogic Ancient Mariner. Perhaps you would care to enjoy some gnarled Top Tips? I could rarely carry them out myself but, trust me, they work.
Look sharp. Suit. Brogues. Flats. Don’t get weird or eccentric. Get tough. Get gravitas. Get unsentimental. Get your classroom burnished, polished, flash. Get the school rules and some aspirational gibberish, all exquisitely laminated, on your walls. Get some flora and fauna and some pond life. A fish can calm the inmates. Failing this, a tethered wolf is effective, though Ofsted aren’t particularly keen.
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