A bit of background...
- I used to teach full-time (first in Y5 which I loved and then in Y1 which I tolerated).
- After I'd had my first dc, I came back part-time as a PPA teacher, covering RE and music lessons.
- 10 years and 3 dc later, I am still doing the same PPA role and am ready for a change and a challenge.
- I would like to secure an SLT role before long. I have lots of leadership experience in other contexts.
I have asked my HT for a job-share role next year, with a strong preference for KS2. She seems very keen to get me back in the classroom and has given me first dibs on the only job-share going in September...in EYFS!
The pros/cons as far as I see them are:
- Pro: I asked for a job-share and I've been offered one. I think it would look bad if I now turned it down.
- Pro: It will be a challenge and take me out of my comfort zone.
- Pro: It's an exciting time for EYFS. I'm also interested in being involved with some whole-school curriculum reforms that the HT is making noises about. Being in FS will help to implement these from the bottom up.
- Con: I have worked in EYFS before doing PPA and leadership release; it wasn't my favourite. I missed the relationships with the older kids and I missed the curriculum. I like teaching the heavier stuff.
- Con: My would-be job-share partner is nearing retirement and I think has had enough. She complains a lot, is resistent to change (or anything she thinks will involve lots of work). She is chaotic and messy.
- Con: Small children all over me all the time (school AND home).
Any advice or words of wisdom? Thank you for any thoughts at all that I haven't considered!