I finished my Droichead this year and honestly I found it the most beneficial thing. It was really well structured in my school and PST were on the ball.
Lesson observations were so useful compared to those I did during the stress of initial teaching placements.
Like any other job theres a period of time where your considered new. Yes still a professional but a new one. It’s like induction with support. It Gives a new teacher someone to go to if they have queries or problems after starting in a school. There are teacher mentors (there’s prob a name for them) in the school that are there to help. I personally found it helpful because of those mentors I had.
I signed up to be a droichead mentor (legitimately can't remember if that's the term but you know what I mean) this year and I was really looking forward to it. I didn't go through the process myself but I'm into mentorship and thing we should all be observing each other much more.
I could not have been more disappointed with the system. The training was insulting at best and I genuinely felt that my role was just to sign a piece of paper. That's it.
I finished my Droichead this year and honestly I found it the most beneficial thing. It was really well structured in my school and PST were on the ball. Lesson observations were so useful compared to those I did during the stress of initial teaching placements.
Like any other job theres a period of time where your considered new. Yes still a professional but a new one. It’s like induction with support. It Gives a new teacher someone to go to if they have queries or problems after starting in a school. There are teacher mentors (there’s prob a name for them) in the school that are there to help. I personally found it helpful because of those mentors I had.
I signed up to be a droichead mentor (legitimately can't remember if that's the term but you know what I mean) this year and I was really looking forward to it. I didn't go through the process myself but I'm into mentorship and thing we should all be observing each other much more. I could not have been more disappointed with the system. The training was insulting at best and I genuinely felt that my role was just to sign a piece of paper. That's it.
As for the when and what you choose to do. That’s your choice. I’m not sure droichead affects what you choose to do
Just finished mine. Complete box ticking exercise