I work in a high school , and like many, our school is open still to a certain group of children. However there have been around 9 children in all week, we usually have 950.
As a result, we have had around 7 members of staff in all week, same next week. There's a chance I could be given the odd shift every couple of weeks.
Obviously nobody knows for certain but i'm hearing a lot of 'schools won't be re-open until September', which is over 5 months away..
I'm a cover supervisor who doesn't have my own classes, I can't do any planning or anything because I cover different classes.
We don't use virtual classrooms or anything, just a learning platform on which we set work and it's marked automatically.
As a result, there is very little work I can do. I have nothing against my school but I am wondering if I should apply elsewhere now where staff are needed, e.g. In care, or admin jobs where I can work from home.
I did several hours of GCSE tutoring but that's obviously out of the window, that was about 20% of my income.
I'm applying for online tutoring but haven't had much luck, I imagine many teachers are doing the same.
Just can't face the thought of not (or very occasionally) working for the next 5 months.
What would you do ?
And I do know I am incredibly lucky to still be getting paid from the school.