HELP! I'm having such a crap day. Teachers advice needed too!

[tryingtobemarypoppins]

What a rubbish day. First thing this morning I send my boss (primary head teacher) an email to ask about the first day back which is an INSET day. It is on a day I don't work, Thursday and so asked him if he wanted me to attend and if so I would put a pay claim form in.

He sent the rudest email back saying that although I work Mon-Wednesday I needed to attend all INSET days and just 1 this year is on a day I work so the others I would have to go unpaid! I am too pissed off to email him back, but phoned my union who said he was way out of line and had to pay me or give me time off instead. The childcare costs would be £120 if nursery could even help me out!

Trouble is it?s the sort of school where you get an outstanding observation if you conform to these mad systems and a crap observation if you say anything out of his dislike! AIBU and should just keep my head down and hope family and friends can help out? I only have until Feb and I'm on maternity leave.

Oh and then just to tip me over the edge went to play at a friend?s house today and my toddler of 22 months refused to share and bit my friends son


He has never done it before I feel CRAP!

[echt]

Possibly it's been noted elsewhere, but these INSET days were taken from teachers' holidays. The children aren't getting less education, and the teachers aren't getting time off, far from it.

The days are arranged across the year in order for unexpected issues to be addressed, such as the thousand and one initiatives the government wants schools to deal with RIGHT NOW.

[DebiTheScot]

I still don't think part-timers should feel obliged to be flexible and do INSET days on days they don't work. Its not as straight forward as that.
What if the childminder/nursery can't take the chidren that day? I have noone else who can take my kids and my childminder is full most days.

[pudding25]

I haven't read thwe whole post but I am a primary teacher (3 days). My union informed me that if Insets/parent nights fall on a day I don't work, I am legally entitled to get paid attending them. There is a legal document stating this. I can't remember what it is called but you can find it on the NUT website.

[tryingtobemarypoppins]

pudding25 that's is correct, its just how you make it happen in my school thats the problem!