Well well well, I haven’t so much as thought about this little blog until I was reminded of it today. I have read some of my posts and I thought about deleting them but decided that the young, passionate teacher with her great ideas and dreams should remain on in text because I am now a young (+5 years), passionate teacher trainer and a lot has happened in the in between.
I am at the stage in my career where I am FINALLY realising just how much I don’t know. I am at the perfect stage of having enough experience behind me to make some valid observations whilst also being highly conscious that I have so very far to go.
In the 5 years since writing my last post I became a 2nd in department for one year (my NQT year) and then became an Assistant Headteacher and Head of Maths in the next year. I will do a blog about that one day but let’s just say I have never had to learn so much so quickly and I don’t think I will ever have to experience that again.
In all this, I married my then boyfriend (who featured on the blog in a photo with our dog) and last year I “gave up” my teaching role to follow him with his career to Nigeria. I thought I would have a year away from everything (COVID, teaching, stress etc) but I lasted 1 week before getting a job with Bath Spa as a Maths Tutor for their teach first trainees and now here I am, working for Teach First in their new Subject Development Lead role and I can already tell you I love it.
So thats the whistle stop tour.
The blog will inevitably take various directions as that is how my brain works. First on the agenda which I will write over the next few days is how Sparx maths is a game changer and tips and tricks from how we rolled it out in my department. If you have any great Sparx Maths tips for other teachers then please fine me on twitter (@MissWhiteMaths) and send me your top tips so I can include them!
It feels good to be back!
Miss White Maths 