Colin has been teaching for seven years and is a good teacher. Ryan is a student with a variety of needs including being a looked after child, having SEN and a history of challenging behaviour.
Colin is anxious about the lessons he teaches Ryan; there is a new principal in post and he is worried about making a bad impression. Colin feels unsupported, especially by the SENCO who is too busy. He begins to doubt whether being a teacher is good for him. An observation is coming up and he gets the doctor to sign him off sick.
And so it begins for Colin – a good teacher with all the potential to be great is now experiencing that which many teachers encounter. There is a debate to be had about lesson observations. They can be useful, challenging, damaging, inspiring, pointless, tick-boxy, a façade and many more things. But I am going to side-step this elephant and hone-in on a different story...
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