Support thread for educators of any type, academics, teachers, early years etc.
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Nov 2021
5:31pm, 22 Nov 2021
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DrPhleecingD
Linds that sounds very concerning 
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Nov 2021
9:10pm, 22 Nov 2021
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LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺
TR we have a set of twins at school, one is off with Covid. The other, in school and probably spreading it.
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Nov 2021
9:30am, 23 Nov 2021
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TeeBee
People in HE may be interested in this recently published (?) report. Had a quick look and couldn't see it linked to before. Haven't had a chance to look at it in detail yet, but the person linking it mentioned its findings would not be completely unexpected educationsupport.org.uk |
Nov 2021
12:03pm, 23 Nov 2021
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Grast_girl
Thanks TeeBee, all familiar stuff that universities have been told repeatedly.
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Jan 2022
3:42pm, 4 Jan 2022
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HappyG(rrr)
Hi I'm applying to become a volunteer tutor (Scotland) and wondered if Fetch educators had any tips? (I don't even know if I'll get it, if I do, what subject and at what level, I will be teaching!) Actually, as I write that, I don't even know if a tutor is the same as a teacher, apart from the obvious one to one bit, and the lack of any kind of qualification in my case?! Thanks in advance. G
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Jan 2022
9:10pm, 4 Jan 2022
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swittle
HappyG(rrr) Good for you! You come across as lively and personable, and a natural communicator, ready to hear 'the other side'. A good start! Volunteer tutor is a term I remember from 1980, when I answered a newspaper ad to help adults with reading, writing & numeracy. Primary school books were all that was available at that time A forty-year career grew from that 'acorn'. Tutoring & teaching, imho, are more about making meaning of what is to be learned. So, some will favour a listening, quite passive approach, while others love to discover by taking their own initiatives and solving any problems that arise from that approach. Each person you tutor will add to your stock of skills, approaches and techniques. It can be more demanding to teach at the 'beginner' levels than at, say, 'Highers' - and motivation to learn is key to progress and a beneficial student-tutor bond. Feedback, honest & constructive, almost invariably builds confidence in the student - and confidence oils the wheels to success and consolidation of learning through its application. |
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Jan 2022
9:26pm, 4 Jan 2022
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DrPhleecingD
I agree, the relationship between student and teacher is really the most important thing. Using your sense of humour is the second most important thing (I've been listening to ceramics podcasts recently and one potter said with surprise that she had to develop a sense of humour in order to connect with her students, which I thought hilarious!) I assume you'll get some training, HappyGrr? I actually really enjoy teaching at level 1, they tend to be so keen at the start
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Jan 2022
9:19am, 5 Jan 2022
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HappyG(rrr)
Thanks v. much swittle and Fleecy both. I hope we'll be getting some training/guidance!! I have an interview next Wednesday and I'm going to be very honest that I've never done this before, so I will def need guidance. And support, if I feel I'm not getting it right. Also not sure what hours they are expecting. I'm working 9-5 M-F so hope evenings or weekends is fine for them, and hopefully just a couple hours per week. Might struggle if it is 4, 5 or more hours. Also don't know what subject - but I've started swotting up at National 5 level (13-15 year old in Scotland) Maths on BBC bitesize. Factoring quadratics and simplifying irrational fractions. Just about remembered it! Looking forward to it. Woke up thinking about a Minecraft analogy for explaining square roots, so it must be on my mind! G
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Jan 2022
10:37pm, 13 Jan 2022
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LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺
Anyone else out there working in 'Covid Soup' in a school? Our Yr 2s seem particularly good at spreading it. But then again, they do seem to be sharing ocarinas in music lessons...
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Jan 2022
7:40am, 14 Jan 2022
40,930 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
I got through my interview (volunteer tutor), next up is training. Still don't know what subject, but it will be Nat 5 and Higher level in Scotland (somewhere between O and A level equivalent in England?) Excited! Hope I can do it! G
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