The Half-Teacher’s diary


Dossier Entry – 1 – Prologue

Prologue – An Overview of Cumulative Evidence Reporting and Planning for Improvement Dear friends, I was asked about the secret to my success as a teacher. In short, it was the tie. But before we delve into my reasoning, before I explain how I came to wear and later discard the head paper bag of shame, I should say that the enquiry alone brings tears of amused shame to my eyes. On this, the day of my departure, it is…

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Supporting Evidence 1 – The Interview

* The day was largely a blur, due in part to the nasty cold I had contracted running out of my previous employment a week before, with a couple of cardboard boxes filled with scrap paper in my arms and only slippers on my feet. I therefore blame the ephedrine if I came across as excessively dreamy and dreamily ecstatic on the day. I was, after all, in the staff room of a School, one that had Community and Comprehensive…

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