I am a teacher in a special needs secondary school and I suppose I've been lucky to get to this point of the school year with only now having 1 son (I have 2) self isolating for 14 days because of positive case in his class.
I have been fortunate to have a husband changing rotas around to do some days and a mother in law on furlough til next week to help too. But I have to sort 2 days myself. We were told some time ago that we would get 1 day paid to sort childcare and that's it... but that was before this 2nd lockdown. I will get 1 day paid therefore and 2nd would be unpaid. I am also miffed that it has come to light that our policy on dependents leave is now that it is unpaid. We didnt notice that one as colleagues also thought it would be up to 3 days.
I am 33 weeks pregnant with 3 weeks left to go til mat leave. I have been fine with being in school supposedly social distancing (easier to say than in practice though in a SEN school) but this whole thing is making me think maybe I should get in touch with my union rep and consider requesting wfh even when I had wanted to see these last few weeks out.
I appreciate I cant get special treatment over colleagues who might have the same issue but should the school consider personal circumstances case by case? My cover is already in place and teaching the majority of the lessons with me acting as TA now to help with the transition. So it really wouldnt cause too much issue apart from me being sent off to cover other staff absence here and there.
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Unpaid days for sons self isolation
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PrincessHB · 26/11/2020 19:06
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