Have been a teacher for 20-odd years. Currently 0.6FT. Have just seen a post advertised within the LA which really interests me (quite unusual and related to something I'm particularly experienced/interested in). It's teaching related, but the hours are 0.6FT without school hols off. It involves countywide travel to schools and office work.
Has anyone made a similar move? Are you glad you did? Was it hard to adjust?
The pay is identical to my current salary, but without school hols off, it would mean having to pay a lot more for childcare (DC is in a term time only nursery) which worries me. (It also involves a lot of travel with my own car which again could affect me financially).
DP's response was, 'well you usually work half your holidays anyway' but even doing school prep at home in the hols is not the same as having to actually 'turn up', if that makes sense?
I have no doubts about the post itself. It's just the lack of hols, especially with a young DC) and just the unknown of working 'normal' hours. There's also getting my head around working more hours for what will effectively be less pay. I need to balance that against the reward of doing something new and different.
Any advice?
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Rufus27 · 12/05/2017 21:23
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