๏ ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏๏ ๏ ๏ CASE STORY: Bromley School Collegiate
Make a difference Twenty three year old Rondell Wanza is about to complete the Graduate Teacher Programme with Bromley Schoolsโ Collegiate and gain Qualified Teacher Status. He will then start his Induction year in the school where he trained. Born in Trinidad, Rondell came to the UK on his 3rd birthday and grew up in South East London. He attended Bonus Pastor Catholic School in Lewisham which he credits with having given him a strong moral sense and a respect for education. Interested in how the mind works, Rondell studied Psychology at Middlesex University, gaining a degree in 2008. Whist studying, he took a part-time job with Vodafone to help make ends meet. After graduating, Rondell reflected on what he wanted to do next. โI always wanted to make a difference to peopleโs lives and it was during this time that I thought about becoming a teacher,โ he said. His first break came when he was appointed as a Learning Support Assistant at Bullers Wood School in Chislehurst. โI was assigned to work with specific students but I also supported classes from year 7 to 11. I felt my work was really valued by the school and after only 6 weeks in the job, I was asked to accompany a school trip to France for a week. This really helped me to appreciate all that goes into running a school trip and I immediately felt part of the group. I was treated as an equal by the teaching staff and I built up a good rapport with the students โ some of whom I still teach in Y10!โ So impressed was the school with how quickly Rondell adapted to his new role, that they took him on to the Graduate Teacher Programme to begin a 3 term training programme in January 09.
He will be assessed in December 09. โI love training through the GTP as it is so โhands onโ and builds on my prior experience as an LSA. I prefer to be very practical. It is a lot of paper work but this is helping me to become more organised and developing my professional skills. Most of all, I love getting to know the kids - I am very happy with this.โ Rondell has been mentored by Jed Stone, Head of RS at the school. โJed has been very supportive. He has really believed in me and has seen my potential to become a good teacher. He has taken time out to develop my subject knowledge and has suggested lots of reading and research. He gives me really positive feedback on my observed lessons.โ When asked what have been the challenges of training through the GTP, Rondell recognises that he has very high expectations of himself and others. โIf a lesson goes wrong, I feel I have let the students down. But I have learnt that not every lesson can be a perfect lesson.โ The GTP has been a formative experience for Rondell who now plans to stay in teaching and pursue a pastoral career, perhaps progressing to managing SEN in a school. โI am interested in behaviour issues and why pupils behave in the way they do. This is something I may explore at Masters level in the future.โ
Rondell Wonza: Trainee Teacher making a difference
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