Any school teachers on Charlton Life?

rufusisadogsname

Hi all

I’m helping a secondary school teacher set up a website which aims to give teachers an idea on which school they want to work for. It’s basically a schools’ version of GlassDoor or RateMyEmployer; teachers rate their school using various criteria and then will be able to have a look at how other schools compare.

I need to get an idea of whether teachers would be interested in it or not. Therefore, if there are any Charlton fans out there who can give 5 minutes of their time, please fill out this (mobile friendly) survey:

Survey Link

The whole project is not-for-profit, so we’re having to rely on a lot of favours from people! Please pass this on if you know any teachers who might be able to help out.

Really appreciate your help. Hopefully I’ll get some responses so I can get over the fact that I missed out on Palace tickets!

Cheers

Ralph

DaveMehmet

My wife's a deputy head (infant) I'll ask her to have a look.

Brendan_O_Connell

DaveMehmet said:

My wife's a deputy head (infant) I'll ask her to have a look.

That is possibly the first time in your life you have used the word 'head' in a sentence and it not meant something else.

rufusisadogsname

DaveMehmet said:

My wife's a deputy head (infant) I'll ask her to have a look.

Thanks Dave. Much appreciated

bellz2002

Have filled in.

ForeverAddickted

Thats a bloody good idea actually... Might do that myself... For profit reasons of course!!

ken from bexley

Good luck with this, got my wife to do this as she is a teacher

T_C_E

3blokes is a teacher, he would help I'm sure. Drop him a pm.

CharltonMadrid

Will have a look. First day back with the kids today...

rufusisadogsname

Thanks for all your help on this. Had a quick look at some of the results - really helpful stuff! Averaging around 4 minutes to complete as well which is good news.

ken from bexley said:

Good luck with this, got my wife to do this as she is a teacher

Thanks for that Ken. Appreciate your help

CharltonMadrid said:

Will have a look. First day back with the kids today...

Nice one. Thanks very much

T.C.E said:

3blokes is a teacher, he would help I'm sure. Drop him a pm.

Will do. Cheers

RedPanda

I'll get my girlfriend to have a look later, she teaches year 5.

CHG

My wife is a secondary school teacher, she has just completed the survey for you.

3blokes

Filled it in. Great idea.

superdulvertonred

My daughter and sister are teachers will ask them.

Glosfan

I'm a primary school teacher in Gloucester, and have just done the survey. Very interesting idea, good luck with it.

Addickted2U

I'm a senior leader at a secondary state school in West Yorkshire and just did the survey. Interesting, and will follow on Twitter.

theeenorth

Behaviour manager in NW.
Potentially subject to manipulation but that goes for all review sites. Can see somebody being given the job of managing school's rep!

RC_CAFC

Done for you. Primary school teacher.

Eynsfordaddick

Done. Secondary teacher of 35 years, subjects History and English. A great idea and hope it works out for you.

rufusisadogsname

Thanks all for such great responses! Managed to get 84 so far. Should have put a final question of "which team do you support?" to see the number of Lifers who have contributed.

All this data is going to be very useful when we start setting up the site (some time next month).

theeenorth said:

Behaviour manager in NW.
Potentially subject to manipulation but that goes for all review sites. Can see somebody being given the job of managing school's rep!

This is a major issue for sure. One way we will try to prevent this is by sending verification emails to the teachers' school email addresses, although there are worries that Senior Management will try to rig it. Having said that, some of the responses on the survey show that there are quite a few disgruntled people in high positions as well!


You're right though... A major criticism of all these types of sites is the fact that you generally only get very strong opinions on them. Any suggestions on how to stop this would be welcome...

Davo55

Blimey, didn't have any clue there were so many teachers on here. Has anyone ever done a survey of Lifer occupations? Could be a fascinating insight into the factors informing our diverse views on stuff.

rufusisadogsname

Davo55 said:

Blimey, didn't have any clue there were so many teachers on here. Has anyone ever done a survey of Lifer occupations? Could be a fascinating insight into the factors informing our diverse views on stuff.

Me neither Davo! Decent bunch of people on here - for sure.

Maybe you should start up a "What do you do?" thread

Fiiish

You'll be surprised who on here is or has ever been a teacher.

RedChaser

rufusisadogsname said:

Davo55 said:

Blimey, didn't have any clue there were so many teachers on here. Has anyone ever done a survey of Lifer occupations? Could be a fascinating insight into the factors informing our diverse views on stuff.

Me neither Davo! Decent bunch of people on here - for sure.

Maybe you should start up a "What do you do?" thread

You won't get anything out of me other than rank, name and serial number

Davo55

rufusisadogsname said:

Davo55 said:

Blimey, didn't have any clue there were so many teachers on here. Has anyone ever done a survey of Lifer occupations? Could be a fascinating insight into the factors informing our diverse views on stuff.

Me neither Davo! Decent bunch of people on here - for sure.

Maybe you should start up a "What do you do?" thread

Bit scared of a) the abuse and b) what it might uncover

Davo55

RedChaser said:

rufusisadogsname said:

Davo55 said:

Blimey, didn't have any clue there were so many teachers on here. Has anyone ever done a survey of Lifer occupations? Could be a fascinating insight into the factors informing our diverse views on stuff.

Me neither Davo! Decent bunch of people on here - for sure.

Maybe you should start up a "What do you do?" thread

You won't get anything out of me other than rank, name and serial number

Is that you Pike?

lordromford

Done.
Interesting RIADN.
I reckon some teachers would find a service like this useful.

Addickted

Those that can, do.
Those who can't, teach.

Ducks and runs for cover..........

Powell Is Pleasant

Primary school teacher here - done the survey for you. Hope it's all useful for the project.

Danny Addick

I am a primary school teacher

theeenorth

rufusisadogsname said:

Thanks all for such great responses! Managed to get 84 so far. Should have put a final question of "which team do you support?" to see the number of Lifers who have contributed.

All this data is going to be very useful when we start setting up the site (some time next month).

theeenorth said:

Behaviour manager in NW.
Potentially subject to manipulation but that goes for all review sites. Can see somebody being given the job of managing school's rep!

This is a major issue for sure. One way we will try to prevent this is by sending verification emails to the teachers' school email addresses, although there are worries that Senior Management will try to rig it. Having said that, some of the responses on the survey show that there are quite a few disgruntled people in high positions as well!


You're right though... A major criticism of all these types of sites is the fact that you generally only get very strong opinions on them. Any suggestions on how to stop this would be welcome...

Tricky - Staff turnover can be an indicator of issues, the higher the number of submissions a school receives the louder the alarm bells ring, conversely an unlisted school would suggest a stable and reasonable work environment. Of course this would be the site being used in exactly the opposite way for it to be commercially viable.