topteacher25 wrote: » @byhookorbycrook: If you don't have an answer to my question about a site or community online where Primary School teachers share Fortnightly notes, then save the lecture. As most primary teachers know, the Fortnightly notes are a complete waste of time, and end up being filed by the principal to satisfy government inspectors. Does anyone know: is there any site or community online where Primary School teachers share Fortnightly notes? Thank you.
tony stark wrote: » Teaching for 14 years now and the most valuable notes you do are daily notes for the next day and very concise long term plans. It takes 15/20 minutes and it’s invaluable. The rest is absolute lip service to the paper pushers who don’t understand child led learning. People in the department that haven’t taught in far too long. Boxes to be filled. It’s consuming the younger teachers and distracting from real resource planning. The best time spent is on planning real differented, integrated lessons that have been prepared in advance. Give the O.P. a break. If you don’t have anything positive to contribute say nothing.
topteacher25 wrote: » Well said, Tony Stark! I'm old-school, having taught for over 30 years in a small, rural primary school. I'm a technophobe and still write my notes by hand. My spouse and teenage son are sick hearing me complain about my fortnightly notes, which take me 8 hours to produce every second Saturday. I've had enough of it! I get absolutely no support from my school principal or colleagues, and it makes no sense to me that individual teachers, who teach the same grade and same books, shouldn't use the same notes. In fact, I think they should be supplied to teachers BEFORE the start of a new academic year by the Dept of Education (the individual teacher could make small modifications, as needed). If I were teaching in a large school, in which multiple teachers taught the same grade, we'd be able to share notes easily and reduce the workload. byhookorbycrook probably doesn't think this happens, but after doing some investigating this summer, I know the practice is very widespread. Does anyone know: is there any site or community online where Primary School teachers share Fortnightly notes? Thank you.
pooch90 wrote: » This tool is very handy for getting objectives, strands etc. typed up. Then just customise with your relevant information. Can save you so much time.
byhookorbycrook wrote: Why on earth would you want someone else's notes?Different school, different curricular plans for many subjects and most importantly of all, different children. You do your own planning, you do not buy someone else's, most schools have their own template for plans. It would be blatantly obvious to the principal in your cúntas that those plans weren't for your own class. If you were to try this for a dip or WSE, you'd rightly be called out on it. 4th and 5th in one room would be very different to the fortnightly someone else would do for a single first or 4th.
