The Drama Teacher

Why? Struggling to find a new career, I decided to put my CV out there. Indeed, Reed, CV Library, you name it, I signed up. Finding a job...

It's a pretty daunting time to be starting teaching. Teacher strikes all over the place, teacher retention rates terrifyingly low, and...

My alarm went off at 6:45am as usual. I got up and ready for work, the same routine that I’ve had for the last 5 years. I was (and still...

In a previous post I talked about managing behaviour, and I briefly mentioned that I lacked authority because I was a young, female drama...

I've mentioned that my job often brings me a lot of anxiety. It's usually worst on a Sunday night and a Monday morning, but it varies...

It happened organically. They announced in staff briefing that there was a head of year job going, and I am the obvious candidate for...

I think now is a good time to be more positive. Writing a list of the "pros" of teaching might help shift some of the anxiety I'm already...

For a lot of teachers, the workload is the problem. I have spoken a bit about the workload in previous posts and complained about it too,...

I'm so sorry everyone, I totally forgot that teachers can't complain about their job because they get the school holidays off... I had a...

The end of the school year was manic. I honestly don’t even have the energy to write about how stressful it was trying to get year 11...

I thought maybe after a break, I might be feeling more positive about my job. Over Easter I was thinking maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to...

I had a conversation with a parent the other day that went something like this. Me: *Name* has got himself into a bit of trouble. He got...

I don't want to talk about the 'C' word. No, I'm not referring to the one I caught my year 7s using the other day. I won’t talk about it...