I am aware that most of you are firmly of the 'don't touch it with a bargepole' camp as far as teacher training is concerned. But, hypothetically speaking, which would be the lesser of 2 evils?
At the moment I am in a support role in primary, with some MFL teaching time in KS2, lovely job but paid a pittance and no possibility of progression. I am early 40s, can't see myself doing this job for ever, not qualified for anything outside education. I could double my income with QTS (and before someone says it, I know I would also be significantly increasing my hours). Even if I only stuck it out for a few years financially it would be worth while, or I could go part-time and still earn as much if not more than what I earn now.
If I trained in primary it would be Foundation/KS1 with a preference for working in Foundation. I love working with the younger children but the workload in primary is bonkers. There is no training bursary and a lot of competition for salaried school direct places. There is very little possibility of part-time work once qualified.
I also have qualifications and experience to train as secondary MFL, for at least one language and could probably get a funded SKE course to teach my second language up to GCSE. I would qualify for the whacking great 25k bursary (and yes, I know I would earn less than this as an NQT). I suspect there is more scope for part-time work here.
I know most teenagers around here see little point in MFL (several of my y5s are already in the 'why do I have to learn French, I'm never going to France' mindset). On the other hand, in primary we are having to deal with extremely challenging children who spend ages being assessed, sent on temporary placements to specialist units then brought back into class to throw furniture around and hit staff, then as soon as they go up to high school they're on restricted timetables or excluded and sent to the PRU.
So, if you had to choose, which one would you go for???
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Doraemon · 01/04/2018 18:34
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