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Job that pays around £18k, term time only, doesn't ever make you suicidal?

I'm a teacher and fast approaching 40yo wondering if I need to just accept I do a job i don't like or whether it's possible to find something else.

I love some aspects of my job but most of the crap I don't enjoy and find stressful. I cry at work fairly often (I'm a bit of a cry baby anyway though).

I haven't been teaching very long and have had a few other totally different jobs. I'm reasonably clever i think I have a good science degree and a PhD. I did do academic research for a few years but it's hard to make it work with small children, which is partly why I became a teacher.

Things i love about my job are:
Holidays off with my DC (I'm part time and find the hours very family friendly, even during term time)
The students are mostly fantastic
I'm interested in education and learning and how to do good lessons

Things I hate:
Bring told I'm rubbish
Set targets I have no chance of meeting
Colleagues are insufferable (not all but enough!)

So I'm wondering if there's anything better or to just accept my lot.

All ideas welcome.

I have a term time job paying more than that (not much more!) working in a school IT department. I think they are rare as hens teeth though.
With your background what about a school lab tech or something like that? I don't know how much they earn though.

Thanks for the reply.
School techs earn less usually but it may be worth looking into.

Or what about supply teaching? Stressful in a different way but I know a few teachers who have gone that route and found it way less stressful than teaching full time.

Could you teach a different age range? How about teaching mature students GCSE science instead? That way they are there because they want to be and so are more likely to listen.

I really wouldn't want to do supply and it'd be impossible to fit around my dc.
Not sure about teacher adults. Isn't that mostly evenings? I have young DC so I have to be home in the evenings.

Doesn't have to be in science education.

I'm a TA in a SEN school in London earning £22k - maybe look into that?

Do supply?

Get even more time off, but you need to 'save' to pay your own holidays although some companies will do that for you.

As well as schools prisons, FE colleges and some apprenticeship providers employ teachers.

I work for my local council term time only, flexible hours. There are several jobs which involve visiting schools to advise them on the inclusion and support of pupils with SEN. There are different roles for hearing impairment, visual impairment, physical disabilities and speech, language and communication needs. The special ed school also has a team who visit local schools to support children with MLD.
The Jon Egging Trust employs people term time only to deliver programmes to school children.
Or could you train in something like Bucket Therapy and then deliver training to school staff?

Have thought about ta but I’d be retraining for what seems to be a shrinking profession
Other teaching things like fe college and prisons just wouldn’t fit around my dc and that is my priority.
Will have a look at local authority jobs thank you