Sooooo situation is this. HoD at an independent school. Big changes in management this year for a variety of reasons that I won’t go in to, but suffice it to say that life has become significantly harder at work. Essentially I’ve been demoted and have had a massive nosedive In confidence, which is having a huge impact on my mental health. Things are complicated by the fact my two children attend the school I teach at. There is a big commute, and work life balance is currently non-existent. Was happy to sacrifice family time etc when things were happy, but now I am angry and resentful and feel stressed all the time. Obviously life is complicated by my kids attending the school.
A job has come up at my old school (which I was very happy at-only left becsuse it was a boarding school and I was HOD and couldn’t imagine the workload) school is 5 mins down the road, position is only three days a week and no responsibility. I still have ex colleagues there who I am friendly with, and get on well with the Head. Kids at that school were the nicest I’ve ever taught. We could probably move DCs into another local school without too much trouble as they are relatively young still. But it would be a big pay cut. And loss of responsibility. we can probably absorb the loss of pay, but would I find the drop in ‘status’ for lack of a better word too difficult? I’d love to have a couple of days at home per week just to ‘be’ and regroup. Does anyone have any advice?
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Teacherlikemisstrunchball · 17/06/2018 18:26
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