How many hours do we need to do... 150? Thats been and gone :-)

Published 02-09-2010 6:56 AM

Had a fairly mad time of the end of last week and beginning of this week so far... I am covering for an absent member of staff in Crosskeys College at the moment. This is a very different environment from where I have been teaching in Coleg Gwent Newport campus, I have been working a full time timetable which is good for getting the required hours done, but is massively taxing when it comes to producing lessons and recourses. The staff are really nice and the students are very uniform. They are nearly all 16-17 and are all at grade B or above in GCSE biology so there is very little need for differentiation. They are all able to work well, but can get a bit chatty and then I have to use my scary ‘you’re talking in my class’ face on them which seems to work. Some of the classes are very large too the biggest was a combined group of 30 this was a bit daunting but the class went well.

I Should be back in Newport for a revision day on the first Monday of half term then back there until I finish my placement. I’m looking forward to having my normal range of abilities and ages to teach.  The RBL assignment is becoming really annoying; I have carried out surveys of staff and students on what they think of what I have made, it has also been accessed by the students as part of exam revision. What I cannot find is any good references for the process of designing a ‘good’ resource.

Oh well back to writing more lessons and making more mad biology games.......

by Craig Sims

Comments

# Tobias Beach-Wyld said on 09 February 2010 13:01

why when i read 'more mad Biology games' does it make me imaging you having a secret lab in your spare room and creating a race of mole men

# Joanna Umeanozie said on 09 February 2010 19:56

Wow! Sounds like you are having an interesting time Craig! I'm with Toby on the whole mad professor thing!!! Can just see it now!!!!! ;-)