My first term review is done and it's not bad at all - one down, two to go. Everyone seems very pleased with my progress and now it's a question of focusing on the areas of teaching I haven't attempted yet and/or aspects that I'm not that comfortable with.
I haven't really found my level on the behaviour front (or maybe I have). I do keep good control in my classroom and am happy to maintain uniform standards but in the corridor, with kids I don't know, I do not want my first encounter to be a petty conversation about top buttons or walking the wrong way along the one way system. I like to think I can deal with a serious behaviour issue in a calm and non-confrontational manner but having very little experience of it, my fear is that I'll bottle it. So far I haven't had to put it to the test but I don't know whether that's because I've been lucky or because the way I behave doesn't lead to escalation as much as some of the other teachers I can hear through the walls.
