The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #34670   Message #468845
Posted By: GUEST,Ickle Dorritt
23-May-01 - 02:55 PM
Thread Name: Eric The Viking - An appreciation
Subject: RE: Eric The Viking - An appreciation
Don't know where my cookie is! The main critiscm that I have of these visits is that your confidence in yourself is the key ingredient in being good at anything from a teacher, to a singer, to dealing with the public. Knowing that someone is calling that into question, checking every last bit of paperwork or observing you in class, is very undermining and can damage the one thing that makes you the type of teacher you are. I work in a regulated industry and my license can be taken away from me at anytime if my paperwork or my interviewing doesn't suit. I am observed doing my job at least 4 times a year by interal observers and once by an external compliance team. It makes me feel like I've gone through Customs with a bag of contraband even though I haven't -and it always undermines be -there must be better ways to do this. Anyway Erik I am sorry we didn't meet and I wish you well in your OFSTED visit.