Let's start at the very beginning, because like starting with A B and C when reading it is a very good place to start...
As a graduate teacher the task of dropping a casual teaching resume off at a new school is preceded by anxious anticipation - will I be able to get to this school if they ring at 8.45am and expect a teacher at 9am? what will the students be like? will they have a special corner specifically for casual teachers to sit in? Such thoughts were running through my head as I drove around the local schools, dressed smartly and smiling happily whilst handing over a professional looking, perfectly printed sheet of white paper. After about 15 schools these thoughts started to dwindle and fade....
The phone rings! So it begins I thought! School after school after school was ringing...7:15 am, 8:45am, 9:30am, 12:15pm, 3:30pm, 7:00pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm! No matter what the time...they rang! During this time as a casual teacher I picked up more strategies for behaviour management, more strategies for time management and more strategies for thinking.on.the.spot then I had in 4 years at University! It goes to show that Harry Callahan was correct.. "Experience is the best teacher of all..."
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