juggernaut7
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Don't worry, if u get thru u will have to do yr contract teaching min of 6 mths.Hi there! I hope that your positivity will keep you going! I believe the teaching field is not easy either! Just got to keep going no matter what. Hang in there!
Anyways, could you share what kind of **** work are there? I would appreciate if u could go into details as that would def help aspiring teachers like myself out there to have better prep before we really decide to enter the field... U can pm me too! Thanks alot bro! And keep going!!!
This period is for both u & the schl to decide if u shud continue or quit the service but contract teaching is quite a breeze.
The real life starts after your teaching practice (practicum).
I like to TEACH but a lot of non-teaching duties like prepare presentation for professional learning, attending meetings after meetings etc.
Then u get a form class, usually new teachers will get lower sec. I u get the NA/NT be prepared to face all the problems/issues etc and u as the disciplinarian/counsellor, calling parents etc.
So a lot of ancillary duties. And if u're lucky your team members will work together but most of them too busy with their own chunk.
Pre exam period, u get stressed up, setting papers, coaching students drill them how to answer in order to raise their MSG. This MSG is like a magic number based on their grades. CCA wise - I'm quite unlucky to get a CCA with no instructor so every week got to crack my head & think of activity for students.
If CCA like sports u have instructor, at least u can do marking while observing kids doing CCA cos instructor/coach is there to train the kids.
Slowly, once u got the hang of it, I guess u will shine and be a pro. Was told that first 5 yrs as beginning teacher (BT) is a hell cos u dont have your own resources/slides/materials etc. Thats why got 3 yrs bond - cannot run away. By then u already become an expert so quite contented.
But I think the schl plays a part too, depends which schl u got in.
All the best.