I'm really afraid for my own position as a qualified supply teacher.
I currently work 3 days a week covering absent teachers on a short term, day-to-day basis and am worried that I'm either going to be forced into a pay cut (doing the same job for half the wage as an hlta because that's the cheaper option) or that the work will dry up altogether.
I chose to be a supply teacher because the flexibility fits with my family at the moment and I was looking to go full-time in 2017 when dd goes into full-time education. The plan was that I would go through the agencies to begin with because I work for them anyway and it's been so long since I last had a long-term post and therefore my references will be irrelevant.
I'm worried but can't find anything about how it'll affect supply teachers, who get a bad press as it is.
I'm also afraid for the future of my own dc, who are just starting out in their school careers - who will be responsible for providing their education?
It's all up in the air at the moment and I'm in a bit of a tizz, as my garbled post shows!