SLT Steve

@PastoralThings Anyone who finds this unpopular doesn't get the core of what we do. Improvement for young people is what matters, however and whenever that comes.

@MrH_DSL Did mine today. Back yourself. Its easy to forget how much more you know from doing the job compared to the average teacher (even if we all sometimes feel out of our depth)

Inset day 1 done 💪 now the nerves are setting in as I’m delivering an hour of safeguarding to the whole staff tomorrow 😬😩 #ivegotthis

@talesofmrst I left at 10pm on Tues - #onlyDSLsknow

Today's #lifeofadsl 7.30am start - SLT Briefing - 2.5hr CP conference - Quick cpoms scan - Lunch duty - Emergency strat meeting - 1:1's with 3 vulnerable students - After school duty - 4pm emergency + follow up with police and social care 7pm leave

We call on headteachers (with the support of teaching unions) to: Boycott Ofsted until a thorough, independent review has been conducted and changes implemented @Ofstednews #ripruthperry #reformofsted

Agree completely, wish I didn't, but I do. Incredibly sad news, and perhaps avoidable.

Working in education and doing/trying your best for the students seems to place you under ever increasing attack and scrutiny. Not feeling confident for teachers over the next 10 years or so and it's the kids who suffer.

@PastoralFella Do it tonight and if it snows you have a day with the kids.

@PimblettMiss Find someone who can do a power Bi linked to your sims. Game changer.

@CEast86 🫶

@ProudlyPastoral Huge discrepancies in workload on schools and services on offer in different LAs I've discovered. Which is not OK.

Early Help referrals are an absolute faff.

Does anyone have a whole-school attendance tracker that I could look at please? Need a simpl-ish way to track student attendance each week and record interventions. Will appreciate anything you have 🙌

@IsabelOakeshott If only you weren't associated with people who walk out when it gets tough. *checks cover photo, oh, wait...

Striking teachers set a terrible example to children. Walking out in a strop because things aren't quite as you want them to be is no approach to working life!

@Kalil_R91 Me too because I collapse on the sofa before then 😂

I'm physically incapable of being asleep in my bed before 10pm.

@PastoralFella Last job loads and all "live" ones e.g. behaviour, pastoral etc. New job yes, but supported by DDSLs who do the majority of it and I am there to lead, direct and make decisions. I don't think it will be long before they are sole roles in school as it is only growing.

@PastoralKaty Used to do this as a HOY - a rare "everyone wins" moment in the pastoral role.

@Kalil_R91 @DhtPastoral I have literally 20-30 web pages open, 10 word docs, 5 ppoints and never turn it off. I'm probably still running Windows 97

@DhtPastoral I have the same 4 websites on rotation every tab 😅

Does anyone else end the working week with about 10 different internet windows open - each with about 20 tabs?! My poor laptop is being put through it! I don't even turn it off - it never gets a break 😅

@PastoralThings Horrific, it just puts you back so you become reactive, which then stops you preventing issues the following day/week. It will get better!

@SFL2326 Sorry to bring this old subject up, bit do you have a link to these docs still? The Dropbox below doesn't include the doc from the pic above? Any help hugely appreciated.