I finally had the production arts for Employability today which i was very excited about and felt prepared. As the students entered the room it felt like there was a negative atmoshphere and i knew it was because of the subject. Before we started i had students asking me what happens in Employability and i explained that its to help with future choices, prepares you for University and also work. I also mentioned that i was aware that the subject may seem boring and pointless but i will try and make it fun as we are all creative people in the classroom.
I started with a maths activity that we did in our PGCE lesson. Unfortunalty the students did not seem that interested in the activity as i could hear a lot of talking, studens on their phones and laughing. I put this down to their maturity and age.
I also asked for them to go into smaller groups and create a poster advertising their made up company. The posters needed to include roles and responsibilities. When it came to presenting them students refused to stand up and did not even try to explain what their company was about.
Unfortunatly there was an incident were a Production Arts student made a Performing arts group feel umconfortable stating that their groups company was cheesey. Another icident from a production arts student had a go at a performing arts student which created a mini argument. I had to speak out to the group and said " the maturity within this class is ridiculous people should respect others when presenting their posters and keep comments to themselves. " These students would not last in a workplace with this attiude.
I the found out that a complaint was made and apparently i was favoritising the performing arts students over the production arts. Luckily the performing arts have told our area manager what happened within that lesson and now the production arts will recieve a disciplinary.