Hi all,
It's been a while since I logged in. Quite exhausted and catching up on sleep during my confinement now. Was working till Sept hols before I delivered on the 12th. Have been resting a lot since then, apart from checking Myedumail and sms to instruct my RT what to do. Really bad planning by middle management to assign an untrained contract teacher, who's waiting to go to NIE next yr, to relief my double EL classes. I've to constantly email or sms to monitor and advise her on classroom management and teaching. Pity the poor girl. She's only 20 yrs old.
Jas,
How are you? Hope you don't throw in the towel so soon. I went through that kind of phase like you when I was expecting my 2nd child so I can understand how you feel. Was overwhelmed with lots of work and I almost broke down when I knew I was targetted to be one of the D-graders to make up the %. Anyway, I hung on and it's been a few yrs since. Get a transfer to another school. You might have better timetable and class. If you are worried about finances, don't quit. Putting your kid in childcare to offload your MIL is a good idea. My in-laws passed away before I had my 1st and my parents are staying too far to help so I have to rely on a maid. FT teaching might be time-consuming but better than pte tuition or adjunct teaching cos of the benefits and paid childcare leave that you can take.
blessedcyn,
Not many teachers are able to break their ML nowadays since 4mths make it difficult for schools to find RT. My P used to allow teachers to break their leave when it was 3mths ML, but not since last year when 4mths ML was implemented. Friends teaching in some other schools also said the same thing.