{"id":3894,"date":"2011-03-25T15:50:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T15:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachingexpertise.flywheelsites.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/25\/cover-lessons-teaching-on-ice\/"},"modified":"2021-09-09T07:09:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T07:09:16","slug":"cover-lessons-teaching-on-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teachingexpertise.com\/articles\/cover-lessons-teaching-on-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"cover lessons &#8211; Teaching On Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>A recent comment on the blog asked\u00a0whether we had considered\u00a0the impact of our expedition on our Carbon Footprint. The short answer is &#8216;yes&#8217;, the long answer is much\u00a0trickier and can be seen by clicking <strong>here<\/strong>. Essentially, are we damaging the environment by trying to educate people about the damage they are doing? Another &#8216;tricky&#8217; issue is that of cover. Will the education of my students suffer because I&#8217;m trying to improve their education?<\/p>\n<p>A number of plans have been put in place to safeguard my students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I haven&#8217;t been given any exam classes (Y11 and Y13) this year.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m on unpaid leave so that the school can fund a long term supply teacher to take on my classes. This provides continuity\u00a0for the children and ensures that they aren&#8217;t taught &#8216;cover lessons&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>The supply teacher position was interviewed for.<\/li>\n<li>My Y10 and Y12 classes are not going to be taken by the cover teacher, they are going to be taken by full time Geography teachers within the department.<\/li>\n<li>Full time Geography teachers will also occasionally swap with the long term supply teacher to ensure students are being taught to the correct standard.<\/li>\n<li>My tutor group are not being taken on by the supply teacher, they are being looked after by an experienced (and brilliant) member of staff.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve tried to leave comprehensive handover notes and class lists for the supply teacher, my HOD, the cover tutor and anyone else who would listen!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Me going away for half a term certainly isn&#8217;t ideal, but if all the plans in place happen, I feel the benefits to the many will far outweigh the upheaval for a few. Indeed some of the few see my trip as a real opportunity for them; one comment in my good luck card read as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dear Mr Avery, thank you for all the lovely chocolate this year, please remember to bring us back some from your trip.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carbon footprints, student welfare, half a term away from my classes &#8230; is my trip South a self-indulgent holiday, or is it an educational expedition designed to inspire young people? I&#8217;m convinced of the latter, but I realise I&#8217;m biased; what do you think? What other questions do I need to answer to convince you the former is not the case?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent comment on the blog asked\u00a0whether we had considered\u00a0the impact of our expedition on our Carbon Footprint. The short answer is &#8216;yes&#8217;, the long answer is much\u00a0trickier and can be seen by clicking here. Essentially, are we damaging the environment by trying to educate people about the damage they are doing? 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