what do you think of this??? Who got the job???

RealJohn

Armelodie wrote: »

Hold on a second there now, I think you meant, "... it makes everyone involved in teacher recruitment look bad." Which really is what the OP was getting at, (even though I'd disagree with him on other points).

No, I meant it the way I said it. Many people are making out that schools are closed shops who cherry pick who's to be promoted based on political clout rather than ability while those who get overlooked plot and scheme and gripe because they had "seniority" or they had a masters in something or other.

It's making the whole lot of us look like we're greedy, self-centred cranks more interested in attacking the system than doing our jobs.

whiteandlight

Just a word of warning to everyone to be careful to stay on topic and attack the post not the poster. Though Id prefer no attacking at all

Personally I don't think any of us can draw a conclusion as to how prevelant or widespread poor promotional practice is going on. The nature of teaching, with the exception of part time teachers, means most teachers stay in one school for most of their teaching career and their opinion is based on that one staff room.

I have experienced bad promotional and recruitment procedures in some schools, in others they have been excellent and transparent. I still don't feel I can draw a conclusion about the whole system one way or the other based on the five schools I have experience in. I could say that 2/5 schools had excellent and transparent recruitment/promotional practices but that doesn't mean that 60% of the schools in the country have bad ones, simply that in my opinion three of the schools I've taught in could have improved theirs