Have you ever imagined what it must be like to be a supply teacher? I have always imagined it to be an absolute nightmare.
Can you remember the challenge of your first few bleak weeks as an NQT, when your classes were new, when you felt as though they could smell your nerves, viewed you as fresh meat, when you hadn’t built up the relationships and the trust that you (hopefully) have now established? At least we had the status of being full-time class teachers; the pupils knew they were stuck with us for the year.
How do you gain respect from a group of pupils who know they may never see you again? How do you maintain motivation without an understanding of who they are, their goals and aspirations? How do you maintain order when you have to adjust to a new behaviour policy every few lessons? How do you “teach” a lesson that is not your subject speciality?
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