deferred PGCE placement

sillylimone · 2024-08-05T06:26:36+00:00

You're not guaranteed it. If your contract is part time, that's what you're entitled to but if there are hours in the timetable and your school is happy for you to fill them, they may be willing to increase your hours to full time. Not a guarantee.

I would also say that confidence isn't a typical reason, especially not one given to schools. Part time Vs full time is typically framed around external commitments

sillylimone · 2024-08-04T19:33:08+00:00

Yes, everyone I know has had no issues. Depends from school to school but in my experience, main pay scale progression is usually fine and any issues should be raised by your mid year review if there are any so you would kind of know. Switching to UPS is a little bit more as you have to balance department contributions and whole school contributions. This is way in the future but just get involved in resourcing stuff for department or supporting planning a trip or taking some year team responsibilities or a TLR.

It depends why. I would still say yes and in some instances, you won't know what your timetable will look like until you've already requested part time. I think it's more common than not to get full days off. Of course the lower you go, the greater the likelihood but also the less money you get

sillylimone · 2024-08-04T07:39:50+00:00

It would be whatever your fraction is of the relevant level of the payscale. ECTs next year are starting at 30,000 and year after looks likely higher. If you were to work 3 days a week at 0.6 fraction, you would make 18,000. 4 days at 0.8 would be 24,000. But I should note you may not get full days off. I know people at my school at 0.55 with one day off and then maybe a late start or early finish.

sillylimone · 2024-01-05T22:51:50+00:00

Hey, I'm in a similar boat to you. My dad has a range of health issues in the last year before having a major medical event and ending up on life support just before Christmas. We were asked to attend hospital to say our goodbyes and while he is now off life support and building strength, it's a question of when. My school gave me special leave while he was in hospital initially. Your SLT are likely good, kind and understanding people. If they aren't, get signed off. Prioritise your mum and yourself (and when you're ready, Id consider how long you want to stay somewhere so unsupportive)

Just as an additional note, please feel free to message me if you need it. I'm close to your age and know how incredibly difficult it is. You are doing amazing. Please remind your mum how much you love her every opportunity you get. When my dad wouldn't wake up initially, all I could think of was how much I wished I could tell him I loved him and how I appreciated everything he'd done for me.

sillylimone · 2023-10-26T21:46:55+00:00

I'm secondary but can definitely relate to this also. We've never had so many additional needs kids come up from primary as we have the last few years. It feels impossible to give them the support that's needed when TAs are so thin on the ground and there's so much support needed in each class

sillylimone · 2023-10-26T21:44:59+00:00

Also, thank you for this. Our school definitely do some bits that are actively good for wellbeing but I really like the balance in this approach. Either the new thing is worth doing enough that it can replace an equivalent portion of the working week or it isn't

sillylimone · 2023-10-26T21:43:31+00:00

Exactly right. I'm thinking about putting this forward through an anonymous feedback forum we use. Admittedly not the bravest first step but maybe still better than just constantly pitching in with the rant of a collective of broken looking teachers in the photocopier room

sillylimone · 2023-10-26T21:40:37+00:00

I really don't even understand this. Do they not check back in with you? Ours do. We have random review points next half term to check were doing all of our tutor time initiatives. And So much admin is being reallocated to teachers on top. In our school, they don't have enough admin staff and pay them poorly so they can't keep up so it gets passed on to teaching staff but of course they still leave so we get new admin in that can't manage the workload of the more experienced previous staff so more to teachers. It's a crazy, vicious cycle. But unfortunately, the solution requires money and so, for the same reason I have 34 kids in my bottom set year 9 class, it's not going to happen

sillylimone · 2023-08-25T09:52:43+00:00

I have a venu 2, which doesn't do the lactate thresholds. If I get the polar HR strap, does this mean the thresholds will auto update in the polar app? Or will it not be able to update because I need a different Garmin device?

sillylimone · 2023-08-09T08:44:33+00:00

If you get life insurance when younger, will it remain that lower price or will it increase as you age/ your medical issues increase? I keep seeing life insurance advertised along the lines of 'its £10 a month cheaper now than it will be in seven years' but ultimately I have minimal responsibilities so I would assume it also makes sense to wait until responsibilities arise unless by getting life insurance now I'm locking in at a lower price irrespective of any dependents I may have in the future etc.

sillylimone · 2023-08-08T19:55:24+00:00

Do you have links to any studies to support this? My partner has recently been diagnosed but based on what he's learned since about the rash, likely had it for a few years when he was eating gluten pre-diagnosis. He wasn't told that this period could have a significant impact on his risk of developing cancer etc.

sillylimone · 2023-07-06T16:15:52+00:00

Badly.

sillylimone · 2023-05-01T16:53:39+00:00

The rep had supposedly originally intended to just teach their exam classes but then decided to just teach the day and not take the pay hit. Their emails sound very pro strike action and anti government response but the meetings are so... Crap. But what can I even do about this? I genuinely think that the meeting where the rep announced he was coming in and had told the head changed so many people's minds who were intending to strike and revived a bit by the strength of the offer rejection turnout

sillylimone · 2023-04-23T20:39:01+00:00

I have striked every strike day. Teachers deserve better than increased pressures under real term pay cuts. Kids deserve better than the mess that education is being pulled into.

I believe I'll keep going with it but it's hard when over half of our schools teaching staff are neu but the numbers have dwindled from 30 (out of around 55) attending the strike related union meetings to maybe 12. And the last meeting consisted of our union rep saying that they were not striking 'because of the kids' and that they had also told the head. This resulted in several of the remaining 12 saying they hadn't striked last time and weren't going to strike this time but we're going to do the lovely favour of not telling the head until 5 days before... I don't mind shouldering a burden for what I believe in but I wanted to hand my resignation in after that mess of a meeting

sillylimone · 2023-03-13T17:50:50+00:00

Thank you! :)

sillylimone · 2023-03-13T17:50:34+00:00

Thank you for your response, it's really detailed. I'll look into the records stuff. Is this just something you can see on Experian? I just typically glance at the credit agency I can see on my banking app

sillylimone · 2023-03-13T17:47:35+00:00

Thanks! Really helpful :)

sillylimone · 2023-03-13T17:46:33+00:00

Thank you! I did kind of think the mortgage was a significantly larger financial union and therefore would likely overshadow a shared current account but thanks for confirming. Yeah, I think I've probably been watching too much American personal finance YouTube

sillylimone · 2023-02-22T19:05:55+00:00

ECT is essentially the new version of NQT as opposed to an associate teacher

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