Naturally my first and second placement are extremely different. My first placement, was in a requires improvement, 11-18yrs, mixed gender school. Whereas my second placement is an outstanding, free school, 11-19yrs, mixed gender, Sikh faith multi ethos school. 1. The Sikh faith aspect of the school concerns me - how enforced is it? is it just Sikhism they promote?, does everyone have to pray? can they opt out? just assemblies or actual lessons? 2. Behaviour - with it being an outstanding school, how much behaviour management will there be? does that put me at an disadvantage - if i don't have to deal with it and then apply/go into a school that does? 3. Lesson planning - from what I've heard, the lesson are pre planned and you teach them - how much flexibility is there? again short term helpful but is it beneficial long time? And then the general concerns..... 4. Not liking the school - its a very long placement 5. Not progressing or being good at this 6. Employ
I'll start by giving some background information on myself. Hi, I'm Miss S! I graduated from the University of Wolverhampton in 2017, with a 2:1 in History. I took a year out to work (retail), save some money and take a break, before I began my journey into teaching. So now it's September 2018, I'm enrolled onto the PGDipED Secondary History course at the University of Birmingham, I have no idea what I have got myself into.... Those first two weeks at university were intense, so much information and so little of it made sense! My mentor at the university, seems to know what he is talking about and the other trainees are lovely (they're in the same panicked state as me, which makes me feel better). It's definitely all becoming real, now that I've been given my first placement school. My initial, yet thorough FBI style search of the school, has filled me with dread. Ofsted deem it as 'Requires Improvement' in all areas, the google reviews brand the