StealthGoblin
Banned
The vast majority of people working in Primary and Early Years Foundation stages are indeed female. The ages among the females vary. I wouldn't say its skewed towards young women. Most of the women I have worked with have actually been 35 and up. I've found that NQT's who tend to be younger work in Key Stage 2 whereas the old mother hen style teachers tend to work with Reception and Key Stage 1. I myself am a Year 2 teacher so I work with 6 and 7 year olds.
I do wonder how the perception of men working in a Primary environment will change. The percentage of male primary teachers is increasing year on year and the numbers accepted on to teaching courses is increasing too. Unfortunately, men tend to get promoted to leadership positions over women. I'm not sure whether this is because the women have less enthusiasm for management positions or whether it is positive-discrimination.
My ambitions are to get to Deputy Head (only if I can still have a class at the same time) and before I get too old, lecture the next generation of teachers at University. I don't want to be a 60 year old bloke chasing young children around a class.
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I do wonder why the police haven't made it a matter of protocol to check last known location and the known residences of the missing person. Much time and money would have been saved in the cases where the family member was the abuser/murderer. I know that is no comfort to the family, but practically it makes sense.
, just combine both from now on: smile + bodypics FTW
