to pick your brains re: where to advertise...

[SE13Mummy]

...for part-time Primary teachers?

Bit of background in case you wonder why I haven't heard of the TES: I teach in Central London and, since DD1 was born 8 years ago, have been employed on a 0.8 (specified as 4 particular days) basis. I've changed schools a couple of times by applying for fulltime posts, explaining that I'm only available 4 days per week and being lucky enough to apply to schools where the Heads have been willing to employ a part-time teacher. There aren't many adverts for part-time Primary teachers in the TES, hence my having always applied for fulltime ones.

My current Head has taken seriously my suggestion that the school should actively try to recruit a number of ex-teachers, possibly parents who stopped teaching when they had DC of their own, to work part-time. However, my brainwave stopped short of ideas as to where to advertise for ex-teachers who haven't yet realised that what they need in their lives is a 1.5 day-per-week teaching job. My best suggestion* was to advertise at playgroups or on Mumsnet .

So, if you were a teacher once upon a time but no longer read the TES/similar, where else would you suggest?

*I think it's obvious why I don't work in advertising!

Given that I've inadvertantly posted this (or most of it) three times it's also quite clear that I don't work in computing either! I promise I'm better at teaching than I am at posting on Mumsnet using my smartphone. Honest.

I've asked for the other three (!) postings of this thread to be deleted .

Bumping for the morning...

Given that your target audience are not the sort who will be upping sticks from the other end of the country to come to your school for a 1.5 day job, the local papers would be your best bet - I often used to idly glance through those looking for what there was out there for part time jobs when the DC were at the almost starting school stages. even parish magaiznes

or what about a big banner outside your school, if it's on a main road - like those you get advertising fetes and marathons etc, then again, without being rude, maybe your school is not in the sort of area where there are likely to be many ex teachers living? so maybe target the naice leafy suburbs nearby?
or in gyms, play centres, supermarkets, GP waiting rooms?

Locally/in areas where people might easily/cheaply be able to reach your school.

Have you checked out the pay and conditions rules (it might be more expensive than you think), any retraining requirements etc?

I know a couple of teachers who work one or two days and find it quite tricky keeping in touch with colleagues/managers, so worth thinking about implications for the managers too.

Gyms, waiting rooms etc are a great idea, thank you. A banner is likely to be noticed by the emergency services and tourists given the location but maybe a billboard/similar might be an idea....