Back from teaching abroad and now on benefits
I have since returned home for family reasons, but my partner has had to remain abroad because he has been unable to secure work in Scotland and was not even able to get onto a supply list.
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- 50Teacher voice
Five days of supply in two years
I do not want to give up but I feel like I can no longer put myself on the firing line and be continually fighting for a job.
- 51Teacher voice
Left a permanent job to retrain, now on supply
I may get kept on, I may not. Explaining this to family for borrowing money is mentally draining.
- 52Teacher voice
Permanent by my fifth year or I leave teaching
The price we pay for being new, all the time, is something that doesn’t get talked about but in my view is huge.
- 53Teacher voice
Three years of recruitment, then back on supply
I have been requested back to schools for continuity and been told I couldn’t go by the council.
- 54Teacher voice
Pursued Teaching Since 2016
The notion of introducing a 3 year probationary year is a true slap in the face for us who have travelled, built strong experience and worked hard. This is merely a way to cut budgets for “expensive” teachers and continue the revolving door of probationers. Th
- 55Teacher voice
After probation year, I managed to secure a one year contract in East Dunbartonshire due to Covid outbreak in 2020.
Unfortunately, since returning to Glasgow, I have still been unable to secure a place on a supply list, and every application I have made for a primary teaching post, whether permanent or fixed-term, has been rejected before reaching interview stage.
- 56Teacher voice
Gave up a permanent post to move back home
When I made the decision to move back home to be near family again, I had to give up my permanent teaching post. I have been unable to get a foot in the door, even with supply work, despite my experience and excellent HT reference.
- 57Teacher voice
Hard to find permanent 0.4 or 0.6 posts
You can build relationships with pupils, become part of a school community and take on significant responsibility, but still have no idea where your work or income will come from a few months later.
- 58Teacher voice
No council letter, so I couldn’t buy a flat
However I have interviewed for jobs outwith teaching as I can’t afford to stay in the profession currently and can’t access things like home ownership while on supply.
- 59Teacher voice
6 years for what
I began university when my children were 5 months old and 1 and a half. I wanted to be a teacher since a young age and was determined after having my kids that I was going to go to university and do it.
- 60Teacher voice
Heart breaking
Lack of permanent primary teaching jobs meant that I was on supply since I returned to Scotland 10 years ago. As an experienced teacher, at the top of the payscale, I wasn't getting chosen by schools on the Teacher Booker hiring app because I was too expensive