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Teacher leaving - next week

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inappropriatelyemployed · 09/02/2013 23:00

Newsletter on Friday says DS's class teacher is leaving next Friday.

She is a NQT and is moving on to another job.

Is it usual for teachers to leave with just a week's notice?!

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StarlightMcKenzie · 10/02/2013 00:04

Nope. Teachers have to give a term of notice.

It IS usual for schools to keep the information from parents though, to 'protect' the teacher from annoyed parents.

Spinkle · 10/02/2013 03:14

NQTs should not move in the middle of their year generally speaking as they undergo assessment.

I would have thought other issues were afoot there...

Yes, teachers must give a term's notice and parents do not get told.

inappropriatelyemployed · 10/02/2013 06:48

Thanks. Is that a term as in a half term or full term?

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TheNebulousBoojum · 10/02/2013 07:17

The rules are you have to resign a half term in advance, and you can only leave at the end of the Xmas, Easter or Summer term. Anything else involves a lot of negotiation between the schools involved.
I think she's dropped out of teaching, and the new job may well not be as a teacher.

TheNebulousBoojum · 10/02/2013 07:18

For example, if you want to leave at the end of the summer term, your resignation has to be in no later than 31st May.

inappropriatelyemployed · 10/02/2013 07:27

It's related but not teaching in a school.

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TheNebulousBoojum · 10/02/2013 07:30

So she's quit teaching. It happens, and if she's stressed and unhappy or failing then the school will have helped her to leave.

inappropriatelyemployed · 10/02/2013 07:35

I sympathise. She was a bit of a sick note so I suspected problems.

It's a split year class with Y6 children taking SATs so maybe it was thought better to go earlier than leave it til Easter

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TheNebulousBoojum · 10/02/2013 07:39

Teaching has a very high dropout rate in the first few years. Around half of all NQTs quit, and a third more within the next 5 years.

inappropriatelyemployed · 10/02/2013 07:57

That's very sad. It is a lot of pressure

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TheNebulousBoojum · 10/02/2013 08:21

That's a very civillised response from you, inappropriatelyemployed, as a teacher I appreciate it. The NQT might have other things going on in her life, or she might just not be coping with the job.
I hope your DS manages the changes. And that you have a SENCO prepared to facilitate.

inappropriatelyemployed · 10/02/2013 08:50

I look at these teachers and I can't even remember what it was like to be that young let alone control a class, teach and deal with the demands of very different parents. I really do have every sympathy. Expectations are so high and praise is so rarely given.

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Handywoman · 10/02/2013 11:55

Absolutely agree. I really feel for teachers and don't know how on earth they do it

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