Hi Everyone!
I would love some advice and opinions from fellow teachers and PGCE students.
I have just been made redundant whilst on maternity leave. I am 27 and have spent the past 6 years working in dead end office jobs. This is not what I want to do! And I've kind of seen this is a wake up call to retrain in a profession I really want to do.
I always did want to be a teacher and did my English degree with the aim of becoming one, however at the time I was told id need loads of voluntary experience to be accepted onto a PGCE which I couldn't afford and struggled to get. It put me off and I fell into office work. Now I know English teachers are really in demand I feel it's the right time. That being said I think I am too late to apply for the September entry so will need to wait until the 2019 entry, this will give me more time with my daughter meaning she would be just over 2 when I start.
In that time I plan on doing some voluntary work in a school which the children centre are offering. This will take me to the end of my maternity leave. Then I will try and get a part time role as a teaching assistant so I will have plenty of experience.
Do you think this is a good plan? How much work can I expect to do? I know it will be really really full on and hard when I have a small child. I no doubt will feel guilty about missing out on her but the holidays will help. I have heard people suggesting waiting until she is at school however we want another child so I will be in the same situation with them too.
This brings me to my second question, if I was to have a second child say 4 years from now I would aim to have one after my first year in teaching. Does this seem okay? I understand that you have to complete a certain amount of days within 5 years to pass, is this still possible with a years maternity leave? Has anyone ever fallen pregnant during their PGCE? How does it work financially? Do you receive any benefits? Again what if you took maternity leave after your PGCE and before you became accepted as a teacher? Would you receive any pay?
I really want to figure how I can do this in the not so distant future and continue developing our family. I don't want to have to wait 7 years to have our next child.
What does everyone think?
Thanks
Emily
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Hilly1990 · 12/01/2018 12:37
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