Sad sad news.......

A very special man who needs no more explanation than the quotes he leaves behind........

I'm taking this to work today........    

Passion + Experience + training + specialist knowledge = great teacher

The sum gets longer and longer. So many parts to being a teacher..........

So sneaky night off for a visit to the theatre.... Thriller Live...........Amazeballs!!! #groupie #cleopatra #emosh.

Oh yes that is Cleopatra leaning on me!!

So the point of this blog...... PASSION, watching the dancing, listening to the music, hearing the testimonials to MJ. BRought me back to why I teach and why I love dancing. A whole Theatre of people from different walks of life 'jigging about', a stage full of dancers spreading joy. That's what I want to give my students. It's not about ofsted, it's not about policy it's about building confidence, self esteem, enjoyment and health. After that the rest is easy, fit progress, differentiation, literacy into that, not the other way around. I am no good as a Robot teacher, I am a good teacher when I am passionate. 

Thank you Thriller. You have helped me in more ways than you can imagine. 

And then ............

it's a question of impartiality..........

preparing questions for an interview with my Director of Sport/line manager about her opinion of unqualified teachers, and I am struggling with the question of impartiality. If I interview her, it could put her on the spot and maybe she would feel that she couldn't be honest for fear of upsetting me, making the interview meaningless.

So how do I interview her....... give her the questions to answer, would this still worry her that reading her answers could upset me? am I thinking to much into this and should just go ahead and interview her????

decisions, decisions, decisions.............................. anyone have any ideas please comment.

Paula Nottingham: Module 3 the last bit of advice

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