The first slot was rather daunting as we were bombarded with a wide range of unfamiliar acronyms, terminology and complicated framework.  Nevertheless, the consequent slots were more palpable and I was able to follow them to a degree.  Towards the last days the whole thing somehow came together and I felt more comfortable with it all.  I guess subsequent experience will make it easier for me to have to deal with it in schools next year.  I realise that I have a lot to learn in order for me to master things like the Padlet and so on due to my lack of participation in the social media like Facebook.  My daughter had set one up for me a couple of years ago but when people started to post pictures of their new shoes and what they had cooked I had become somewhat disheartened with the whole thing.  Then, there were these strange people who were asking me to be their ‘friend’ which creeped me out a little.  As I had found out later these invites were from my daughter’s schoolmates.  So that was my brief encounter with Facebook.  I like my privacy.  I got out.

Anyway, I think I like this idea of coaching as it involves direct contact with the teacher on a long term basis and not just a ‘one time off’ thing.  It also reminds me of the Teacher Support Teams that we used to have some time ago before it ‘died’ a premature death.  I hope this would not.

On a personal level, I think I got to know some people much better, even my own colleagues with whom I interact on ‘Hi” and ‘Bye’ basis at our IPG.  So that was a good thing too.