Wednesday November 10th: Yet another meeting and again so far away. back to The Grampians which is about two hours away. This time it was for a briefing. These are held once a term and include all 61 schools in the Diocese. We also have one Southern zone meeting a term for 18 of these schools and also one local group for the five local schools. That is 16 meeting per year and they are all formal with minutes, agenda etc. Interestingly they do not have support groups. Given the choice, I would prefer support groups. Some meetings involve an overnight stay and fully paid substitute cover is provided, along with accommodation and mileage. I also had induction meeting for NAPs which was another four days. Most of the meetings are worthwhile but I felt under pressure being away from school too often. There are approx 140 pupils in the school and I only teach an hour and a half four days a week. I get 20 release days also but these mainly cover meetings.
I was caught unaware as they made presentations and I did not have a speech ready. The Zone group have a dinner on the 25th and I have been asked to speak at that. That will be my real goodbye and I was anxious not to get caught up in farewells for as long as I can avoid it.
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