I wish I was! I have a potentially exciting opportunity coming up in November which might give me the freedom to take a career break (from which I would like to never return to teaching, quite honestly!). But I won’t know anything until after the October deadline has passed so I’m stuck in my current school until Easter at least.
I repeat a little mantra to myself virtually every day about how much better I have it than I used to: I’m only working 0.6, I have a tiny commute and I can pick up my children, my planning is reduced because I have a huge bank of resources and I should just suck it up. But every night I am awake thinking about work, feeling stressed and anxious and full of dread. There is a lot of micromanaging, vast amounts of data-related expectations and really shitty behaviour which is what drags me down the most. I am regarded as being successful/good at the job but what that costs in terms of effort and energy really feels like more than I have to expend at the moment. I’m twelve years in now and just drained and so badly out of enthusiasm!
I wish the notice periods weren’t so lengthy. If I do end up resigning to leave at Easter, there will be a lot of pressure to stay through May for the GCSE exams as well.