Teacher job share in reception

[Donthackmenow]

I have just discovered today that my dd will have 2 teachers in reception with a 3 day/2 day split. I am bit worried about the logistics of this and the impact on the children. Does anyone have any experience to reassure me that I am just being pfb!

From my experience of job shares there need to be a senior teacher who has the final say. Ds was in a job share where each teacher had two and half days.

I feel job shares work really well in juniors where it is a gentle preparation for secondary where most children have more than one teacher. Its good when teachers can play to their strengths.

It would be interesting to see the research on the affect that job shares have on progress of a class. Teachers have the right to request flexible working as much as anyone. It would be good to know what combination of flexible working works best.

From my experience of job shares there need to be a senior teacher who has the final say.

I am a big fan of job shares, but in my experience, what you've described is when it really doesn't work. When there's a member of SMT and a 'bog standard' teacher- the SMT person is constantly being pulled away to deal with other matters and their days end up being covered by a string of supply teachers. I've seen that fallen several times and the parents hate it.

From my experience of job shares there need to be a senior teacher who has the final say.

I disagree. I've job-shared for years, with a range of partners, and I've found that if there's an imbalance in seniority, or too much of a disparity in hours/days in class, then one can often defer to the other too much. It bugs me when my partner asks "what do you want me to do?"