Hello I am currently a primary school teacher and looking to become a teaching assistant. Wondered if anyone is a classroom assistant and how they find it. Obviously I know they are paid a lot less but does it fit in with family life etc. Do you enjoy it?
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ReceptionTA ·
22/02/2020 15:34
I take home just over £1000pm, and work 8:30 -4pm. I realise this is unusual and in a way I'm trapped where I work because I wouldn't find another TA job with so many hours. I'm part TA2 and part TA3. Even the ex-teachers I work with are TA2, unless they are taking a class on their own when they'll be paid as aTA3which they will have planned for (yes, I know this ist a TA3 remit) and will mark.
The only stress is working with a disorganised or unkind teacher, or having a challenging class on your own (yes, the same class a qualified teacher will refused to teach without a TA) and being expected to be in three places at once when a child needs first aid and another child is being sick, and you're trying to do some Interventions and in the middle of that a teacher will ask for some photocopying. 
I used to have to pay before and after school clubs for my own DC and when I was on the lower pay scale it was hardly worth me working. I do love the job, but can only do it because DH earns a reasonable amount. If he didn't I'd have to get a job that actually paid enough money to live off. There's no way I'd be a teacher though. That's definitely not worth the amount they're paid!
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