So after 8 years of teaching on temporary contracts (or having to do it in shit holes like Qatar and Saudi Arabia) I might finally land a permanent job:
I currently work in a small (but growing really fucking quickly) communication unit to help support autistic kids within one of the best performing state schools in the country.
It can frustrate the life out of me at times and just before Christmas we had a long run without a holiday and it was grinding me down but I love it, I love the kids despite the fairly regular horrendous personal and verbal abuse they throw at me
, I love the support assistants I work with, I love the fact my department head and the head teacher appreciate we're doing a good job so just let us get on with it.
My dad is always banging on about how I should be teaching History as it's what I trained and wanted to do but without blowing my own trumpet, when you see the impact me and my team have on these kids who have been dealt a particularly shitty hand of cards, the last thing I could care about is teaching some kid how to write an essay when I'm able to show these kids how to hold a conversation or work as a team or cope with the anxieties that can absolutely crush them on a daily basis.
As the unit is growing there's 2 permanent jobs up for grabs (I'm currently contracted until November) and whilst there's no certainty that I'm a shoe in just because I'm already working there, this is as good a chance as I've ever had at landing a permanent job without having to relocate to some desert shithole 3,000 miles away.
So aye, application and interview mojo if you've any to spare.
I currently work in a small (but growing really fucking quickly) communication unit to help support autistic kids within one of the best performing state schools in the country.
It can frustrate the life out of me at times and just before Christmas we had a long run without a holiday and it was grinding me down but I love it, I love the kids despite the fairly regular horrendous personal and verbal abuse they throw at me
, I love the support assistants I work with, I love the fact my department head and the head teacher appreciate we're doing a good job so just let us get on with it.My dad is always banging on about how I should be teaching History as it's what I trained and wanted to do but without blowing my own trumpet, when you see the impact me and my team have on these kids who have been dealt a particularly shitty hand of cards, the last thing I could care about is teaching some kid how to write an essay when I'm able to show these kids how to hold a conversation or work as a team or cope with the anxieties that can absolutely crush them on a daily basis.
As the unit is growing there's 2 permanent jobs up for grabs (I'm currently contracted until November) and whilst there's no certainty that I'm a shoe in just because I'm already working there, this is as good a chance as I've ever had at landing a permanent job without having to relocate to some desert shithole 3,000 miles away.
So aye, application and interview mojo if you've any to spare.
