inset day

English translation: staff training / development day

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English term or phrase:inset day
Selected answer:staff training / development day
Entered by: jerrie

19:16 Feb 24, 2004
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
English term or phrase: inset day
What is inset day.
Context
This will include weekend handovers when there's no school eg. when there is an inset day.
adda
staff training / development day
Explanation:
In UK schools are closed to children for additional days throughout the academic year for staff training and development. These are called Inset days.

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They are usually tagged onto the start/end of holidays, or at the start/end of the week.

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When I was a school secretary my Head used to call them \'in-service\' days, and they sometimes included classroom assistants as well as teaching staff.

hth

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INSET day
Teacher training day

Event Details
When
On Monday, 19 April 2004 between 09:00 and 16:00
Where
School
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jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:04
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4 +5staff training / development day
jerrie
4in-service training
Armorel Young


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
staff training / development day


Explanation:
In UK schools are closed to children for additional days throughout the academic year for staff training and development. These are called Inset days.

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Note added at 2004-02-24 19:23:58 (GMT)
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They are usually tagged onto the start/end of holidays, or at the start/end of the week.

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Note added at 2004-02-24 19:44:10 (GMT)
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When I was a school secretary my Head used to call them \'in-service\' days, and they sometimes included classroom assistants as well as teaching staff.

hth

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Note added at 2004-02-24 21:28:08 (GMT)
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INSET day
Teacher training day

Event Details
When
On Monday, 19 April 2004 between 09:00 and 16:00
Where
School


    Reference: http://www.rowledge.hants.sch.uk/Events/Event.2003-07-24.213...
jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Aisha Maniar: yup
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agree  karina koguta
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agree  Gabriel Aramburo Siegert: Same here. Greetings.
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agree  Rajan Chopra
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in-service training


Explanation:
It's difficult to understand the word unless you see it as an acronym - IN-SErvice Training - meaning, as the previous answerer said, training that is undertaken while you are in the job. Being an acronym, it should really be written in capitals - INSET, or at the very least as Inset, otherwise it becomes yet another piece of jargon that is difficult for outsiders to understand.

Armorel Young
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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