I've just been speaking to a fellow PGCE student on my course. She has just had the misfortune of having her second placement terminated by the school.
Again, according to her, the school reported their concerns to university behind her back. She was getting some positive signals from the school, but they were actually stringing her along and waiting for her to fall.
One morning she was told that a university tutor was visiting to make a routine observation. Only after the lesson did the tutor tell her that the school called him in because they were concerned about her performance. A few days later she was summoned to see the Deputy Head and had her placement terminated.
Without going into too many details my friend is exceptionally well qualified - far more so than the people at the school who have stuck the boot in. Could it be yet another case of a mediocre mentor causing a student grief just to cast their own dubious performance into a slightly more positive light? I think it probably is.
It disappoints me that some supposedly professional teachers are so dishonest in their mentoring duties. Instead of plotting behind a student's back they should have the moral backbone to voice their concerns openly and honestly so that remedial action can be taken.
Duplicitous schools and mentors are obviously more common than I originally thought.
Again, according to her, the school reported their concerns to university behind her back. She was getting some positive signals from the school, but they were actually stringing her along and waiting for her to fall.
One morning she was told that a university tutor was visiting to make a routine observation. Only after the lesson did the tutor tell her that the school called him in because they were concerned about her performance. A few days later she was summoned to see the Deputy Head and had her placement terminated.
Without going into too many details my friend is exceptionally well qualified - far more so than the people at the school who have stuck the boot in. Could it be yet another case of a mediocre mentor causing a student grief just to cast their own dubious performance into a slightly more positive light? I think it probably is.
It disappoints me that some supposedly professional teachers are so dishonest in their mentoring duties. Instead of plotting behind a student's back they should have the moral backbone to voice their concerns openly and honestly so that remedial action can be taken.
Duplicitous schools and mentors are obviously more common than I originally thought.