at the chalkface

at the chalkface

In the act of teaching. Because she's a new teacher, she still gets very nervous while at the chalkface. All of my students failed the test, despite the many hours I spent at the chalkface on that subject.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • Nellie
  • Nelly
  • nervous Nellie
  • be a bundle of nerves
  • scare
  • be a fine figure of a (man or woman)
  • chair
  • nervous
  • (as) nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
  • rocking
References in periodicals archive
No, they bought their SUV because it's go-anywhere vibe appealed and it looks cool outside school as junior is deposited for another day at the chalkface.
Full package is Active-ated
The desire to encourage exponents of ASEAN at the chalkface to share and build on their experience is one of the motivators of this research note.
Promoting ASEAN awareness at the higher education chalkface
They work at the chalkface of capital's weakest link, labour-power.
Slaying the monster called capital: teacher-worker's potential and revolutionary politics
If policymakers are serious about redressing the nation's skills imbalance, then we must be mindful of not pressing too hard on those at the chalkface.
Teachers must get time for their work; COMMENT
PAGE 45 MORE than half a century after she began her career, a Scots teacher is still at the chalkface nurturing and educating primary schoolchildren.
My family and friends all say I'm mad to still be teaching at 72.. but it's a vocation; Class act who went back to work after retiring as she missed kids too much is nominated for more than 50 years of devotion to education JANET IN RUNNING FOR AWARDDEDICATED
Come tomorrow, you'll be back at work, selfishly earning a crust, toiling away at the office or in the hospital or at the chalkface all for the sheer unadulterated fun of it, when you should be at home rustling up healthy, hearty meals from scratch.
Stick to cooking, Michel, your opinion's overdone and your attitude's past its sell-by date
The analysis in this article is based on a wide range of collective experience working in this area: teaching at the chalkface; working within a number of localities to develop bottom-up solutions; researching and writing about education reform for a variety of think tanks, businesses and other organisations, and speaking with scores of policy experts and other stakeholders.
Greasing the wheels to good jobs: a school-to-work agenda for government
"Instead of rubbishing teachers, ministers should listen to the voice of those at the chalkface who are seeing the impact of this Government's policies on the lives and life chances of children and young people, such as increasing hunger and anxiety.
Children's mental health 'hit by cuts' Teachers warn of youngsters unable to cope
But she's getting a taste of life at the chalkface when new S4C drama Gwaith Cartref begins this week.
Class act Rhian; BACK TO SCHOOL FOR ACTRESS IN NEW S4C DRAMA
During an inspection of anti-mine techniques at Camp Bastion, Mr Ainsworth asked the 30-year-old: "So what's your top desire here from right at the chalkface - what would you have more of today?" Staff Sergeant Hughes quickly replied: "More troops on the ground."
Minister told 'we need more troops'
During an inspection of anti-mine techniques, Mr Ainsworth asked Staff Sergeant Kim Hughes: "So what's your top desire from right at the chalkface - what would you have more of today?" Staff Sgt Hughes, 30, of the Joint Forces Explosives Ordnance Device Group, replied: "More troops on the ground."
SIR, GIVE US SOLDIERS.
During an inspection of anti-mine techniques at Camp Bastion, Bob Ainsworth, who is midway through a tour of Helmand Province with Home Secretary Alan Johnson, asked Staff Sergeant Kim Hughes: "So what's your top desire here from right at the chalkface? What would you have more of today?" Staff Sergeant Hughes, aged 30, of the Joint Forces Explosives Ordnance Device Group, replied: "More troops on the ground."
Soldier's plea to defence minister
And it can only get better for those of you still at the chalkface. The development of hundreds of Web 2.0 tools (there's just a sample at http://www.go2web20.net) that make using the World Wide Web so quick and easy, can only enrich and enhance your teaching as you connect with your students and they connect with others; and apparently, Web 3.0 will be even more amazing.
Beyond the boundaries
My career subsequently took me to Hull, Germany, Libya, Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands and I am still at the chalkface currently in Istanbul.
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