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Why must teachers repeatedly prove their suitability for jobs they are already doing successfully? One bad interview could leave an experienced teacher without work for the entire following school year.
I have spent 5 years on day to day supply unable to make any plans for the future.
Friends of mine had been offered or rejected from the job advert back in June, yet when I phoned in July to enquire about my application status I was told that my application had not been looked at yet.
It seems insane to me that my decade of experience and glowing references seem to count for nothing in this current job market.
My relationship of 7 years is struggling as we cannot move on in life as I can’t get any sort of long-term or permanent work in teaching.
My head teacher continually used temporary contracts and breaks to prevent me being able to qualify for permanency, despite working there for 6 years.
I’m still paying off credit cards and loans that we had to use in the 10 months I couldn’t get any supply work.
12 months later, I was doing a supply shift and was told in the staffroom that they had changed the permanency eligibility.
Because I wanted to continue working as a teacher rather than leave the profession I made the decision to move to England to look for better employment opportunities. My move was therefore a positive decision to continue my teaching career and find more stabil
I find it ridiculous that not only are full time employment opportunities scarce, but we are also being denied the opportunity to do supply in other council areas, including my own.
This uncertainty affected my mental health, leading me to apply for a cleaning job just to find stability.
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