To not want to drop my hours when DS starts school?

[mindyourfingersplease]

But I think I’ll have to.

I am currently part time with two days off a week. I’d like to keep this as I have a younger child.

My younger child’s nursery starts at 730. I’d have to drop her then at this time. Then get to DS school for beakfast club to start at 8. This gives me twenty five minutes to get to work myself, through heavy morning traffic. DH can’t help: he leaves for work at 7.

I think typing that out has made me realise I’ll have to drop my hours.

even if pre agreed

Would ds attending the school you teach at not have been an obvious choice? Then you have one drop off at 0730am and can head straight to work with no second drop off to do.

It’s a special school @Mickey79 so it wouldn’t work.

You have rejected every sensible option suggested.

This reminds me when I politely said I didn’t need pain relief after a section and saw ‘refused medical treatment’ on my notes

It isn’t ‘rejecting’ things to politely say actually there aren’t any childminders, yeah I will be eventually doing three days spread across five but not while I have a little one at home.

I am not posting expecting magic. It probably can’t be solved: that’s fine. A wee chat is hardly so very taxing is it?

Start 15 or 30 minutes later rather than an hour so you’re only losing 45 mins - 1.30 hours per week.

Perhaps because every ‘sensible option’ won’t work?

Can you change your hours rather than dropping them?

I can’t do that. I can’t arrive fifteen minutes into first period.

How old is your ds. If he’s a summer birthday you could defer a year and leave him in nursery for another year. Then you’d have one year less of different timings.

Teaching has relatively fixed hours - a primary teacher must be there 8.45 - 3.20 for example, and will usually be there 7.45 - 5.

Secondary schools have separate periods, so it may be possible to teach only eg periods 2-5 each day. However, it’s still not possible to say ‘oh, I’ll work 30 minutes later to make up’ as once the children are gone, you can’t make up any teaching hours however late you stay….

Perhaps another mum can look after your children in the mornings for an hour or so . Makes enquires online - Facebook etc

Ive worked full time with my two the whole time and you can find a way I am sure. You can apply for flexi working. Start later, Maybe make up the hours on the days you are off. Think of how you can do the same hours across the whole week. Have a chat with work. Look up the law on flexible working to make sure you know your rights.

Maybe make up the hours on the days you are off.

For a special school teacher? That is the very definition of work that has to be done on site, in person.

I get what you're saying but seriously 4 shorter days sounds ideal if you can. You can have a more relaxed pace. It's nicer in the mornings. You can treasure the getting them to nursery rather than rushing. Come home a bit earlier and spend more time in the evenings PLUS you still get a day with the little one

But that’s unlikely to work with timetabling the students of this special needs school?

Didn't realise it was teaching. Only just saw that post.
If it's teaching you get LOADS of special moments in the holidays

@Crazybaby123 i could work full time- but not with this school. That’s the rub of it really. I am not suggesting that no one works but I will have to collapse my hours and work part time, even if I’m eventually in work every day.

But if OP works 4 days a week rather than 3 she has to pay for an extra day at nursery. So she's more out of pocket.

The teaching thing is a drip feed and half op. You get holidays. It's a shit job though so no wonder you want to do as little of it as possible

Yeah and? Worth it for a less stressed life. If she did more hours she'd be earning more too plus more pension

@SaagAloopa it really isn’t. I explained I had to start at a particular time but teaching isn’t the only job where this has to be done.

Anyway, I don’t think there’s any need for unpleasantness.

I know you won’t like this but I must have said three or four times it isn’t something I’m prepared to do while I have a younger child at home still.

I didn't mean it to be unpleasant just everyone on here moans about teaching. Sorry if you like it I didn't mean offense just always read how stressful it is. Sorry

I feel like you could have said you were a teacher in your OP, people would have understood then that your start time is (understandably!) not at your choosing and you can’t be late or change your start time.

If there are no childminders nearby, can your son go to breakfast club any earlier? Or to a friend to go to school with?