Any teachers going/gone part time?

[nicolamb]

Your LEA should have a job share policy which you can request from personnel. My LEA has one and it explains the procedure for applying and the stages the school has to go through when dealing with your request.They can't just say no and they have to provide a written explanation of their decision.

 

[bjl1981]

Thats a good idea! Teacher mums club!!

 

[Cattia]

I was just thinking the other day we should have a teachers group/chat thread as there are quite a few of us and might be helpful as well as stress relieving when we're all back at work !

Good idea! Maybe we could set up a group in the chatroom section? Don't know how that works though.

 

[toby2]

I went back as a job share after my first. because of tax etc my wages were better than i thought, they were more than half-and they have gone up yearly since. My head also hates job shares but agreed to mine, i said from the start i wanted to go back part time from the start but i dont think my head really listened!!i asked for a meeting with my head when my little one was 10wks and asked then for part time hours and i got them, to be honest i think i would settle for ppa if i had to i love the time i have at home with my little one-i guess you could always look for other jobs once you are back?money has been tight for us but its been ok, its amazing how quickly you adjust to live within your means-hope you get what you want
x

 

[history_girls]

I would love a teachers group!

Part of me is so excited to get back to school and part of me is dreading it. I had so much work before LO was born that evenings and weekends I was always doing something. How on earth am I going to do it now? sharing this stuff would be great. some people just chirp on about how much holiday we get not realising we spend a lot of it working or on trips!

Don't know how to set it up though!

toby 2 - I also got in contact with school early to sort it all out - they were really slow and in the end i couldn#t give them the prefered 8 weeks notice to return but as it was their fault they couldn't complain!

 

[Jchihuahua]

Part of me is so excited to get back to school and part of me is dreading it. I had so much work before LO was born that evenings and weekends I was always doing something. How on earth am I going to do it now? sharing this stuff would be great.

Yes, that's what I was thinking. I am dreading going back to work on one hand but am also dying to see how my lovely class are doing and how much they've changed!

We'll definitely have to make a chat thread in the groups section . I'll have a look now...

 

[history_girls]

and they change so quick! my tutor group will be all hormonal by now not the lovely year 7s I left!

Thanks for looking - let us know how you get on!

 

[Jchihuahua]

I just went to the BnB groups section and made a new thread called Teacher mums chat thread .

 

[history_girls]

off there now......

 

[New2Bumps]

Great idea for thread, will go check it out now!

 

[lola291]

i should find out today if my head has agreed for me to go back to 3 days a week i will be going back the first week in July and dreading it!
Does anyone else feel bad about putting their child in nursery to go off and look after someone elses children???? This is a major hang up of mine and upsets me everytime i think about it!
I know this is a cheeky question but just wondering if anyone is getting any help towards nursery costs through tax credits? I will be reducing my salary to 15000 pa and my husband is a police officer on a decent enough wage but phoned tax credits yesterday and they say we wouldnt get any help at all?? Is this correct? if so if i went back full time and LO went to nurdery fukll time I would only come out with £400 per month!!! Luckily OH works shifts so hopefully we can limit the no of days he goes!

 

[history_girls]

we get no help with tex credits but we can get help through childcare vouchers which means you pay for childcare before tax. I think all LEAs offer them - worth asking your personnel / staffing officer.

And yes I'm worried about why am i looking after other peoples kids when I've got someone looking after mine. especially when the kids are being whatsits.....

 

[angie0235]

I'm a teacher on a 0.6 contract. I returned last June doing 3 days. Since Sept I've been doing 3 days in Year 3. I'm on Senior Leadership team and Key Stage 2 manager as well as assessment co-ordinator! I haven't found the pay cut too bad. i have had to be strict with myself about bringing work home and making sure I leave on time!