To not go back to teaching full time?

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I'll try and be brief. I have 2dcs, one in reception and one will go to nursery in Sept. I have been teaching for 10 yrs, am currently 3 days a week (secondary). I also have Bipolar Disorder, diagnosed after the birth of first dc.

I still find teaching incredibly stressful. We are planning on moving, relocating. We will use equity from house sale to pay off all debt. Then we will rent. We would like to buy again one day.

I am planning to on doing supply as there are very few pt jobs advertised. There are 5 for my subject in the whole country, and this is peak job season. Dh mentioned me going ft once youngest dc is 5. I pointed out that I don't think I can ever cope with ft teaching again. He thinks this means we will never be able to buy a house. Which honestly doesn't bother me that much, but does bother him.

I'm not trying to be work shy, just thinking we need to support the dc moving schools etc. And I don't want to be ill again.

Reading this thread is freaking me out as I had planned going ft from September

I understand your DH's desire to stay on the property ladder, I really do, but nothing is more important than your health and you need to minimise stress in order to manage your condition. If renting is the price you have to pay for maintaining good mental health then surely it's worth it. Yes, owning your home gives you security but I don't think it's worth risking a relapse, especially as you have two wee children to think of.

Could you let out your home in Yorkshire rather than selling it? If the rental income will cover that mortgage and rental expenses, you could rent in Cambridge. That way you still stay on the property ladder.

I used to teach and now do bits and pieces of part time teaching. I know going full time would make me ill, damage our marriage and children's wellbeing. Just thinking about it makes me feel shaky and I LOVE teaching, I just could not cope with full time and preserve my mental health.

Unfortunately the rent on this placement would unlikely cover the mortgage. We'd then have to pay more in rent down south and we'd still have debt repayments.

My thinking is that it will be better for my wellbeing, less likely to end up by back in hospital etc.

I haven't taught FT since my eldest was born. Everyone is on their knees in this job and health issues mean for my sanity and health but not my finances I work PT. I never intend to work FT again. There's a huge teaching shortage here and I could be back FT immediately but there's no chance. Seems everyone around here is of the same mind, hence the huge number of vacant posts.

I assumed I would go back full time teaching once DC were in school, but now I can't see myself ever going back full time. I'm 3 days and spend every evening apart from Friday and Saturday working from about 8-11. If I was full time, I'd have more work to do which would take over the evening and I'd pretty much never see my kids in term time.

I taught full-time about six years ago but went on to p/t after having a baby. I am a single mother.
I think there are pluses and minuses in both apart from the obvious financial benefit. Classroom teaching perhaps gave me more freedom professionally than working in a part time role which normally involves interventions, cover and team teaching. You get to build a stronger relationship with the children and this can often mean you are a better teacher to them. It was in some respects more satisfying. Part time for me is less stressful, I have more time for my son, who is my priority and it allows me to listen and really talk to children I work with.
Would I go back to full-time .....definitely not. I quite simply couldn't cope with the workload - sometimes more than 60 hours per week.