PGCE: support plan

Hello,

I had my support plan meeting and (in summary) was told the support will be place, I need to stop complaining now and be more confident and stop feeling overwhelmed.

Then they stayed back to talk some more after I left. I’m guessing I’ll find out next week what happened.

Does anyone have any tips about how to not feel overwhelmed and anxious all the time?

> I have been in contact with the university but as I’m a distance learner and I work 7:30-7pm in the school and there opening times are 9-4pm. It doesn’t work.

What support are you getting currently, and what support do you think you need?

This is presumably your second placement where you should be getting a bit less support per class you take especially with behaviour, but taking on more and more teaching hours.

Can you contact the uni during lunch, or when you have frees?

If you feel overwhelmed and anxious all the time, then I'd suggest seeing your GP- that sounds beyond what can normally be expected on the PGCE and like there might be some mental health issues in play as well. You should be allowed time off from placement to see a GP about an urgent health issue which this is.

You're not going to make progress if your mental health is struggling.

I work through lunch mostly and I don’t get any frees- I’m observing when I’m not teaching. I’m a primary school trainee.

I’ve taken a couple sick days because I couldn’t stop crying. I can’t take any more days off.

I can’t take time off for a GP appointment it needs to be during non contact hours.