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Teachers, would you work?

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Liveandletlive3 · 30/01/2021 15:11

Just read an article which was stating that schools may run half days over the summer holidays due to missing so much from school closures.
Teachers, would you back this if you had the option to opt in or out to work over the summer holidays?

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SionnachRua · 30/01/2021 15:14

I presume teachers would be paid for this?

I wouldn't, the holidays are a perk of the job. And it's my understanding that English teachers (I'm not English) have been working through holidays as it is, providing childcare for keyworker's kids. That would make me even less likely to sign up.

I would also be concerned about parents/management putting undue pressure on teachers to sign up.

SionnachRua · 30/01/2021 15:15

Actually, I forgot that you guys get less holidays than us (I think) and the workload is much more onerous. No feckin way am I giving up my free time then!

Toorapid · 30/01/2021 15:16

I wouldn't, but I think a lot of my younger colleagues would and definitely the TAs. They'd be glad of the opportunity to earn some extra, especially if travel over the summer is still not an option, so they've nothing else to do.

Goslowlysideways · 30/01/2021 15:17

Yes.

redsquirrelfan · 30/01/2021 15:18

@Toorapid

I wouldn't, but I think a lot of my younger colleagues would and definitely the TAs. They'd be glad of the opportunity to earn some extra, especially if travel over the summer is still not an option, so they've nothing else to do.
Yes I imagine this would be forefront in peoples minds. If you don't have kids and therefore childcare issues and have nowhere to go, you might as well earn the money for when you do have somewhere to go!

My employer sent an email round yesterday inviting us to buy more holiday. Ha ha. But again, if I had small kids I probably would!

LizzieVereker · 30/01/2021 15:19

I did it last summer.

RosesAndLemonade · 30/01/2021 15:20

No. But I've been working with a full school in throughout as I'm in SEN. I have two young kids as well so unless they were in I couldn't. But I suppose if they were in school and I had been working in mainstream and it was asked of me then yeah maybe

J371172 · 30/01/2021 15:20

They’d have to pay me well, very very well.

Lemons1571 · 30/01/2021 15:20

I don’t suppose this would be offered to teachers. Far too expensive for the government to consider. Bloody hell they don’t even give extra funds for hand sanitiser. It would be TA’s on £7 an hour roped in to give out worksheets and sit at the front.

noblegiraffe · 30/01/2021 15:23

They won't, because parents don't want it.

MsAwesomeDragon · 30/01/2021 15:23

I won't be working through the holiday. Not in school anyway. I might well do some work at home, like writing worked solutions for past papers, etc, but that's my choice and can be done from anywhere. I won't be going in to teach unwilling pupils (can you imagine many teenagers to be willing/happy to be at school in the holidays).

SeldomFollowedIt · 30/01/2021 15:25

No I’m a TA and the only reason why I do my job is because of those perks.

We had this discussion at work the other day funnily enough and none of the teachers would do it either.

reefedsail · 30/01/2021 15:26

No, I absolutely, definitely would not.

OliveTree75 · 30/01/2021 15:28

Nope it is one of the only perks of the job. Plus have my own kids to look after. I would maybe do one day a week or something but everyday? Nope!

Chosennone · 30/01/2021 15:29

It depends on the workload and pay. Who is planning and resourcing the lessons? How big are the groups? How many hours?

DBML · 30/01/2021 15:30

No

EachDubh · 30/01/2021 15:31

Not for me.

MsSoulSister · 30/01/2021 15:32

No because if I did my husband would have to use his holidays to look after our children so we would get very little time as a family. I will add that I'm delivering the very best I can in terms of remote learning for my pupils and so long as their parents help me by encouraging them to do it, the extra days shouldn't be necessary.

QueenofLouisiana · 30/01/2021 15:33

No.

Fascinationends · 30/01/2021 15:34

Not a chance. Not leaving dd alone, even if she is older, she still deserves company. And I wouldn't want her in school over the summer - she deserves some fun and relaxation.

CarrieBlue · 30/01/2021 15:37

No and I wouldn’t be sending my children either. If they were ‘behind’ (whatever that means) they need specialised help by the teachers who know them, not random teenagers on minimum wage supervising them in front of a computer screen, which is as much as the government would ever contemplate funding.

MrsHamlet · 30/01/2021 15:37

No

Tyrionsbitch · 30/01/2021 15:38

No, I have a young child in term time only nursery. I want to spend my holidays with her seeing as I have had to increase her hours at nursery during term time due to my workload and grandparents being unable to help out anymore.

Tyranttoddler · 30/01/2021 15:39

If I got paid I would consider a few days. I wouldn't do more as I don't have childcare and I'd imagine most colleagues would have the same issues.

However, I am currently providing a full timetable of live lessons and have done since September, so the isolating children haven't missed anything unless ill. This was the same lockdown 1 and honestly these children really don't need 4 weeks. Resources would be better finding who genuinely needs this.

Hippywannabe · 30/01/2021 15:39

No! I have worked every day. Whys hould I gve up the holidays?
I saw my grandson 4 times last year instead of my usual every 3 weeks. I have a brand new granddaughter that I haven't met.
If I get chance, I will be spending time with my family rather than the children I am currently seeing daily!

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