If Teachers are worried about going back to school, employ me as a teacher

[DappledGreenLeaves]

I do understand that Teachers don't want to go back to school, these are worrying times, however our children deserve an education.

I realise teaching is very difficult

I'm not trained as a teacher

I do have a degree, and have worked in business and other fields

I'll train as a fast track temporary teacher, and teachers don't need to go back.

Employ a new batch of "Fast Track Teachers" and get children back into schools

[LizzieVereker]

Oh this is brilliant 😂

[Quickerthanavicar]

OP how are you fixed over the six weeks' holiday?

[Allmyeye]

OP Have you any building experience? Maybe you could build a few school extensions to fit the children in before you start teaching. Lack of space is the chief reason for most children not going back before September? Why it took the government so long to realise this is an issue I can’t imagine. The teaching profession realised it quicker than it takes to say two metre rule.

[Downton57]

Are the people who think this is a good plan the same ones who have been complaining for weeks they can't get their kid to do any of the work the school has set? Do they really think they'll have a hope in hell of getting a class of kids (who'll know fine well they've got a brand-new, totally inexperienced non-teacher in front of them) to co-operate? I predict a riot.

[LuckyMarmiteLover]

That’s like saying we can all become doctors with a small bit of training. No thanks.

[Barbie222]

I see the OP didn't come back, so don't waste your energy on this one

Clearly, she's in the middle of filling in her application to be a Teacher.

[ilikebooksandplants]

I’m a teacher and I’ve been in school since this started. Thanks for the offer though.

[SallyLovesCheese]

@yogz1976 - you're welcome! I don't think it's running this September, but you can apply for Sep 2021. Do research carefully. It's to place graduates in urban, often tough, schools in deprived areas. It wouldn't be an easy ride! (Not that any route is, but at least on a PGCE/BEd/SCITT you have a year with class teacher mentors to back you up!)

[yogz1976]

@SallyLovesCheese

www.teachfirst.org.uk/training-programme

Five weeks initial training then straight into the classroom. Do it, OP, if you're that keen.

Thanks for that link. I have been thinking about teaching and didn't know this kind of path existed. Going to research !

[Rosieposy4]

Tempted not to waste my energy , ad this isn’t really for the OP but anyone else reading it and secretly agreeing with them.
We are fucking desperate to get back, remote learning stinks and I miss the kids, even the rude, belligerent, stroppy ones.
Oddly enough though as a state comprehensive full time teacher I don’t get to dictate government policy.
Oh and by the way, I had a career elsewhere before teaching. Despite being in a highly relevant subject, and then doing a PGCE i reckon it took me 2-3 years to be an ok teacher, and another 2-3 years to turn into the one I am now, consistently delivering positive value added exam results and the best results in my department.

[Casino218]

But your not a teacher so you can't. Just like you can't be a doctor or a rocket scientist. Get a grip!

[nobbymcphailisverypale]

I see the OP didn't come back, so don't waste your energy on this one

[PrincessConsueIaBananaHammock]

All the staff at my school , bar a few who are shielding or otherwise vulnerable, have been back since 1st of June. Dinner ladies, cleaners,office staff, support staff, pastoral care, teaching staff. And they have been in on a rota every single week while we were shut.

[stuckindoors77]

I think most school staff do want to go back to school though. I understand that there's a certain narrative saying that lazy teachers have done nothing for 12 weeks and would like that to continue. In reality though more or less everybody I know is either excited to go back or at least willing. There are some people who are high risk or have childcare issues but they're in the minority.

[NeurotrashWarrior]

Posters, don't bite. Don't waste your energy on this.

If the op was genuine, they'd be finding out exactly how they can actually get into education and make a difference rather than goading us.

[Devlesko]

You are all going to become teachers if you have kids, unless of course you aren't prepared to do it.
What option do you have if they can't go back to school? You need to find something, as a parent and according to law, it's the parents responsibility to provide the education, whether that is outsourcing to school, tutor, or doing it yourselves.

[cassgate]

I am a a TA and schools can use a rota system if they want to. The advice from government is just guidance not law. At my school we have split EYFS, year 1 and 6 into 2 bubbles ( 1 form entry school). Bubble A come in Mon/Tues, bubble b Thurs/Fri. School is closed on Wed for cleaning. We also have a key worker/ vulnerable bubble. We have 3 spare classrooms so could accommodate 6 more bubbles but we only have enough staff to man 5 more. Therefore we can not bring back all children from years 2-5 as that requires 8 bubbles. All staff are available to come in if required. Pretty much all staff are of the opinion that if it’s safe it’s safe and we should open fully with full classes. It’s the government’s ridiculous guidance that’s causing the problem.

[HopeClearwater]

Are any of you non-teachers aware of the parlous state of the staffing budgets for 20/21 even before the pandemic? Teachers are still being made redundant at the end of this term in spite of the social distancing measures put in place to allow some pupils to return. This country was in a bad place before all of this happened, thanks to years of austerity policies.

[Appuskidu]

Every teacher who isn’t vulnerable is back at my schools teaching their normal full time hours.

What more do you want us to do?!

If you want to train to be a teacher though, go for it.

[SmileEachDay]

It would actually be more helpful if you could volunteer as an additional classroom.

That’s be grand.

It’s not teachers that are the issue.

[HopeClearwater]

Oh don’t do sarcasm @Alittleodd
It never works online.

[fuckweasel]

Do you realise just how much input any trainee teachers (yes, even fast-track Teach First etc) require from their mentors in school? The last thing I need for this year is that added to my workload!

[Pinkblueberry]

I don’t know any teachers who don’t want to go back to school. I know just two who feel they can’t because they are shielding or have a shielding family member. Otherwise everyone’s been working in school as much as they can. So thanks, but you’re not needed where I am.

[Alittleodd]

Ah come on you guys, this is a bit unfair. After all it really IS teachers' desire not to go back to work after their lovely fully paid 12 week holiday that has prevented wider school opening.

We know this because teachers are, and have always been, in charge of deciding wider educational policy and making sweeping decisions at the national level.

[HeyAllYouCoolCatsNKittens]

@WereThereAnySexualProblems bit of a difference when you're being handed the worksheets from school though isn't it.