Hurrah!

ah, well done, sir - that's great news - been thinking of you today and hope it all goes well from here

all the best with it!

Thank you fell and US.

Good news Thomas. Well chuffed for you. I like good news.

Well done Thomas.
Now begins the task of steering the narrow course between getting the content across and encouraging the learners to engage with the material in a critical way. Don't believe everything a teacher tells you, but also don't discount everything a teacher tells you.
From what I have read of your posts here, you seem well suited to that task.

Yup. Teachers like you seem to be something that would have helped me a lot back in the day, I suspect.

don't get me started wrote:Well done Thomas.
Now begins the task of steering the narrow course between getting the content across and encouraging the learners to engage with the material in a critical way. Don't believe everything a teacher tells you, but also don't discount everything a teacher tells you.
From what I have read of your posts here, you seem well suited to that task.

Thank you. It's one of my core principals as a teacher, to teach children to think critically. Still working out how to achieve that in an efficient way, but I'll keep on experimenting.

Mazille wrote:Yup. Teachers like you seem to be would have helped me a lot back in the day, I suspect.

Thanks Mazille!

So is this a done deal now ??

Macdoc wrote:So is this a done deal now ??

Yes. Just returned from school to collect the books and to get re-integrated into the IT systems.
Will be teaching 2 second year classes, one in English and one 3d year class.
I've also been invited to join the 2nd years schooltrip to Londen and Hastings.

Colleagues were happy to see me and welcomed me back. Apparently some students had also been asking whether I would be returning to teach this year.
When I walked back to my bike, a couple of students opened a window and welcomed me back.

Very happy/content.
Starting tomorrow to check and see where the students are with regards to curriculum. Apparently my predecessor could not handle the pressure of teaching all years on his own (understandable), so he had signalled he wanted to reduce his hours.
Doing this apparently took som etime, as the students I will be teaching haven't been taught history for just about 6 weeks.

Now ..well done ...

ah, that's lovely news - chuffed for you, thomas

Good news, congrats!

Thomas Eshuis wrote:

Macdoc wrote:So is this a done deal now ??

Yes. Just returned from school to collect the books and to get re-integrated into the IT systems.
Will be teaching 2 second year classes, one in English and one 3d year class.
I've also been invited to join the 2nd years schooltrip to Londen and Hastings.

Colleagues were happy to see me and welcomed me back. Apparently some students had also been asking whether I would be returning to teach this year.
When I walked back to my bike, a couple of students opened a window and welcomed me back.

Very happy/content.
Starting tomorrow to check and see where the students are with regards to curriculum. Apparently my predecessor could not handle the pressure of teaching all years on his own (understandable), so he had signalled he wanted to reduce his hours.
Doing this apparently took som etime, as the students I will be teaching haven't been taught history for just about 6 weeks.

That's amazing. I'm so glad you found your place there. I'm sure it will greatly improve your life in the next months.

aban57 wrote:

Thomas Eshuis wrote:

Macdoc wrote:So is this a done deal now ??

Yes. Just returned from school to collect the books and to get re-integrated into the IT systems.
Will be teaching 2 second year classes, one in English and one 3d year class.
I've also been invited to join the 2nd years schooltrip to Londen and Hastings.

Colleagues were happy to see me and welcomed me back. Apparently some students had also been asking whether I would be returning to teach this year.
When I walked back to my bike, a couple of students opened a window and welcomed me back.

Very happy/content.
Starting tomorrow to check and see where the students are with regards to curriculum. Apparently my predecessor could not handle the pressure of teaching all years on his own (understandable), so he had signalled he wanted to reduce his hours.
Doing this apparently took som etime, as the students I will be teaching haven't been taught history for just about 6 weeks.

That's amazing. I'm so glad you found your place there. I'm sure it will greatly improve your life in the next months.

Thanks Cedric, hope things will improve for you as well.

How's it working out Thomas? Hopefully well.

jamest wrote:How's it working out Thomas? Hopefully well.

Yes. Quite well so far. Still running to catch up atm, but I hope to be on track by the end of this weekend.
Had several students from last year come up to me and ask them if I couldn't teach them again.

Thomas Eshuis wrote:

jamest wrote:How's it working out Thomas? Hopefully well.

Yes. Quite well so far. Still running to catch up atm, but I hope to be on track by the end of this weekend.
Had several students from last year come up to me and ask them if I couldn't teach them again.

You're a good chap Thomas, I can tell. Read what I said to tuco tonight in the rant thread - it might help. Regardless, I genuinely wish you well. Best wishes.

jamest wrote:

Thomas Eshuis wrote:

jamest wrote:How's it working out Thomas? Hopefully well.

Yes. Quite well so far. Still running to catch up atm, but I hope to be on track by the end of this weekend.
Had several students from last year come up to me and ask them if I couldn't teach them again.

You're a good chap Thomas, I can tell. Read what I said to tuco tonight in the rant thread - it might help. Regardless, I genuinely wish you well. Best wishes.

Thanks James.

Thomas Eshuis wrote:

jamest wrote:

Thomas Eshuis wrote:

jamest wrote:How's it working out Thomas? Hopefully well.

Yes. Quite well so far. Still running to catch up atm, but I hope to be on track by the end of this weekend.
Had several students from last year come up to me and ask them if I couldn't teach them again.

You're a good chap Thomas, I can tell. Read what I said to tuco tonight in the rant thread - it might help. Regardless, I genuinely wish you well. Best wishes.

Thanks James.

You're welcome, even if you do give me a hard time.