Yesterday, I had my first interview for a teaching role. I say interview, because that is what happened - it took me by surprise lol. The letter said it was a two-stage process. A lesson observation and then, if invited back, an interview the following day. Instead, I was asked to wait [nothing else was said] and 1h45m later, I was taken into a 5-person panel interview! Needless to say, I don't think I did well in the interview section as I was caught on the hop lol. A shame, as it seems like a lovely school, but I'll just have to wait and see..
Anyway, the positive was the lesson. I had to teach a 1 hour literacy lesson to a class of 30. I found it quite difficult to plan, because I didn't have any assessment or prior knowledge information to work from, or any knowledge about the make up of the class. Once I arrived though, and actually started teaching, I really enjoyed it! The class were lovely and worked hard. We managed to come up with some great things, focusing on descriptions of a forest using all of our senses. We closed our eyes and listened to the clip below, and we looked at lots of different pictures. They did really well with the starter and the peer assessment plenary too. The hour raced by [in a good way - I didn't lose track of timings etc] and I was almost sad to hand them back to their own teacher lol. Bless them! :)
Being "the teacher" and having your own class is definitely the best aspect of the job. :)
[An edited version of forest sounds found on YouTube]
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