Interesting, a lot of people have said that. Hope all are currently enjoying jobs, in or outside of teaching. Hope that is some help – please let us know how you get on, and good luck! With trainees in school from day one, working alongside your existing team, it is a great opportunity for them to gain insight into life as a teacher and to be supported by those already doing the job. Having said this, I’m very torn with what to do as my school are incredibly supportive and I’m worried about regretting my choices if I don’t undertake my NQT year, however, I cannot see myself working 70 hour weeks for the foreseeable future. Working for the BBC for 22 years, I’d never worked as a TA, and I only had 2 weeks’ experience in a primary school. This School Direct debacle has almost ruined me. I don’t think I should quit because of one or two mentors that have made me feel inadequate. Congrats on succeeding in such a difficult career . I want my life back…, Thanks Mike – I agree with everything you say. I am so glad I tried it because I would have always wondered what if? I’m applying for the this salaried route into teaching later this year (2015). Do I want to spend the rest of my life in a job with constant pressure to be ‘outstanding’? She saw me through tough times with her unquenchable optimism, Tigger to my Eeyore, working with me much as she would with children in her class, talking through my lesson plans in detail, making me realise for myself what would and wouldn’t work, and making my lessons better as a result. Also, I hadn’t thought at all about the pressure on different subjects; if you are applying for English or Maths you will probably get a tougher time than if you do a less closely monitored subject- certainly less compulsory weekend revision sessions! However, the reality is more complex than this. Thanks again for sharing your experiences and wisdom. I find it very difficult to answer the question about whether the benefits outweigh the fact that it takes over your life. I’m unsure how I stand in terms of the proportion of my fees I would need to pay back if I quit at this stage. That really hit home and on the Friday I decided to call it a day, felt so miserable and was devoid of confidence. At the moment, it’s not unusual for me to pick up my son and then work until the early hours, once he’s gone to bed. Food for thought: this could be another way of improving self-esteem and outcomes for some hard-to-reach children. Talk to NQTs. I don’t want to quit because I know I will regret it in the long run, but I really can’t see myself living this lifestyle for years to come. Reading up, I think it’s widely acknowledged that training providers/ schools vary in their ability to train people effectively. Supply teaching pays dismally for NQT’s -£90 -£100 a day before deductions and if he did not have our family business to fall back on then I think he would be better off working in retail than teaching. I know that people’s experiences vary wildly. I just feel if I get a job in another unsupportive school the pressure will be immense and I’ll probably buckle. I was totally UNprepared for what hit me, but as you’ve been working as a TA (I hadn’t, came straight from BBC) you will already be in a much better place than I was. I did my first full day of working as a voluntary TA today – at the school in which I’m hoping to train. I think supply work might be the best option for me so I get a broader experience of other schools and decide whether its actually for me. I feel like my brain is going to explode with indecision. i found your post really interesting (and slightly scary). It depends a lot on the school you are in! People’s experience of the scheme has been wildly varying, depending on the school they are working in. Let us know how you get on. I was looking more at primary rather than secondary. If so it might be do-able? It’s finally over. Thank you for sharing your experience. I read this article with great interest. For me, with 3 school age children, working exactly the kind of hours you describe was too much and I am now doing general supply teaching – something there is a huge demand for, and which I couldn’t do without my QTS. Hi there, currently on a SD Secondary placement with a story broadly similar to yours (older, career-changer,zero previous experience) thinking the dark thoughts on leaving the course. I did mention the pick-up/husband-away issue to the Head of English, who was quick to reassure me a lot of it can be done at home and they could be quite flexible. The schools are now in charge, so make sure you pick a good one. Key to that is the constant desire to want the best for the children, to give them the tools to progress, to open up as many options as possible for them in later life, and to ensure that in my classroom they are happy. I have 5 really disruptive children and spend a lot of time asking them not to speak out. Hi, I worked full time for 4 years and wanted to be a teacher to make a difference. I had another mentor who was incredibly difficult and would sit in the corner observing me for every lesson (this was only required for graded observations- verbal feedback would have sufficed). His course finished in July and he still hasn’t got a job, despite having had several interviews and doing quite well in them according to feedback, the job always went to the teachers with years of experience that were also interviewed. Considering SDS for secondary English. Secondary teachers may shoot me down in flames, but my suspicion is that their workload is often less than primary teachers’ in most schools, plus they can specialise in a subject they love. I can’t go back to what I did before straight away but I can find a job to tie me over whilst I apply for new ones. The school is in charge. Not because of the lessons – I loved those – but because of the stories from the staff about exhaustion and workloads. If I didn’t have a young family I’d be there like a shot, but sadly it’s a career that doesn’t seem compatible with family life these days! FinalForms allows you to complete and sign athletic participation forms for your students from your phone, tablet, or … I get paid double what I would as a teacher, but all I dream about is teaching. Our PGCE with QTS programme will also give you 60 … I am just left to get on with it and sometimes feel undervalued- unappreciated. Like you say, you can’t really know what it’s like unless you are a teacher or you live with one! It came back to me when I was watching the end of year music concert. Register. The mentor can also look over my lesson plans but I don’t know how much time i’ll actually get to plan these lessons seeing as I’ll be starting on the INSET day, just a day before term starts when I’m expected to teach :/. I am helping with Maths support for KS3 pupils and hope to get my old job back when they will be advertised in the summer. According to Wikipedia, culture shock, has the following features: ‘information overload, language barrier, generation gap, technology gap, skill interdependence, homesickness.’ I’m not surprised. I second the post above and would love to see how you get on. One of the benefits of School Direct is the immediate immersion in school life. Hi Kate – sorry to hear your daughter is having such a tough time. There was no other possible route for me into teaching. I hate getting negative feedback when you’ve stayed up into the small hours to plan a lesson especially for the observation, Trust me secondary is NOT the easier route, many primary SD I meet feel they have it easier as we teach so many different year groups and the subject knowledge has to be to such a significant standard, for me in 3 subjects. If I don’t train to teach I would get a support role, perhaps with a more pastoral side to it…I’d love it and I’d have a work life balance…but then I fear I’d always regret not giving teaching a go. Fortunately I had the support of a fantastic class teacher. I was working about 10 times harder than I had done in the BBC (all day, every day, every evening until I was so tired I could no longer think, including weekends) and earning less than half the money. I know my husband comments every night and just leaves me to it. Maybe it was too short? Don’t dwell on your workload. My next challenge is to work out how to make all my lessons fall into the former category. I always say you don’t really know what it’s like being a teacher unless you’ve been one or lived with one. I know two other people in the same position as me so it is not uncommon to have difficulty finding work, even when you have qualified as an outstanding teacher. I used a combination of whole-class teaching with practical activities: children cut out instructions, arranged them on sugar paper, and then brought them to one of the few computers we had for testing. School Direct at Turton is an innovative, school led Initial Teacher-Training programme, based in Bolton, North West England, designed and formed through a strategic partnership between Turton School, Egerton Community Primary School and our alliance partners. I regrettably left a teacher training course a few years ago and took a different career path in finance. Planning lessons took me an eternity; I probably spent 3 or 4 hours preparing each hour-long lesson. I do have a young child (3 yrs) – just the one, mind (hat off to you for doing this with three!). Sorry – I should add that my local ITT provider also offers a PGCE (2 year part time) in partnership with a University should trainees wish. Hi Kevin, thank you for sharing your experience. So far I am finding it much easier in secondary, for a few reasons: I am teaching a subject I love, so doing planning and research feels much more like fun to me; my school does not expect/demand full lesson plans to be submitted, I am allowed to get on and plan and teach in whatever way I see fit; I find teaching 1 subject to several classes much less stressful than having sole responsibility for 30 children; and I’m not required to set targets and track levels as I was in primary (this may well be because of the kind of school I’m in). I’ve now successfully applied for a SD salaried secondary position in English which will also allow me to work for a PGCE which will also be paid for…it sounded too good to be true and I think I’ve discovered the catch…I’ve been informed I’ll be expected to teach 12 hours straight away…which I fear means from day one of term in September!!! I best stop procrastinating! The School Direct route into teaching is led by a lead School, working individually, or as part of a network of schools in partnership with an accredited teacher training institution. I would advise anyone going down this route without a private income to think very carefully about the financial implications, research the vacancies in your subject in the part of the country you want to live in and bear in mind the effect the stress and workload may have on your personal relationships. I’m a writer, working on a novel placed in London. I couldn’t help that. I’m much happier now I am teaching a single subject in KS2 and KS3. Oh my goodness – I hear you, and you have my sympathies. How your NQT year goes depends to a huge extent on how much support you get in your school. I put myself through the ordeal last year, completing my training but absolutely exhausted and very disillusioned by the end of the year. Schools can then offer their trainees permanent roles at the end of the training. I also have 3 school aged children. Some children accused others of cheating, so we talked about espionage and what’s fair in war (if not love). I awoke last night after only 2 hours sleep (and I was so tired) and I had a melt down. Getting a bit depressed here – I have honestly felt like a hostage. Alas it isn’t always the case. I am mildly panicking now. I sometimes want to grab the teachers and scream that no I don’t have any experience, certainly not at lesson planning (not much from the uni element either) and you knew this when you took me on! She constantly brought up subject knowledge and on occasions sent me home early to ‘go and work on my knowledge of the curriculum’. There is a bigger question to ask about teaching’s work-life balance, especially I think in Primary – though, again, it varies vastly from setting to setting. Based on your own experience, and what you’ve heard on the circuit, do you really think SD and family life are a match made in hell? Behaviour management has been my trickiest thing too, but I think it’s important to remember it’s a skill which can be learned and practised. I love being around children but really missing my old job and being able to leave after a long day and not think about work. I’m mentally not coping and probably going to as my life is so stressful and I’ve just been told I may fail my first term, despite creating and delivering excellent LPs I’m not managing behaviour well and not this standard. I was thinking about going down the non salaried route but I’m wary about not getting finance as I’m not an undergraduate.Phew my brain’s hurting just typing all these questions! Whilst in my second school, I also ran a weekly debating club for Year 5; discussions with children in this age group on a range of controversial issues – the environment, mobile phones – helped me improve my understanding of how older children think and what motivates them. I would sigh as PGCE students left at 4.30 pm (though I’m not saying the PGCE is an easier route – I had far, far less academic work). Coming back to my base school felt like coming home. And a tax lawyer. I’ve just completed my primary school direct (non salaried) training and I can honestly say it has been the toughest year imaginable. wishing you all well however. I never have planning time with my teacher and are literally given a plank template and told to plan what I like as long as it covers the learning objectives of the national curriculum. When you consider teachers salaries with the real hours worked, the rate is quite low and this deflates me further. Or have I just ended up in the wrong school during a time where good support can make all the difference to success or failure? After all I’m going to be doing a PGCE alongside it and one day per week training.. Is this normal? Also, I had been accepted on the course. Take advantage of our School Experience Programme – available exclusively to registrants. That should say I’m probably going to quit before Christmas. Any suggestions. But, with the help of my class teacher, I turned things round and delivered that computing lesson (without computers) that just went swimmingly. I have just completed my Hons degree in education attaining a 2:1 (primary) . 4,317 students from 10 high-performing high schools in upper-middle-class California communities were surveyed and asked how many hours of homework they had each night. I had to think carefully about where to position myself (and the children) so I could be heard. And if it can work for your training year, I have to say you’ll probably need some different childcare arrangements for your NQT year. I almost quit at Christmas because of the effect on my wellbeing and family life, but carried on and qualified, only to find the pressures of being one of 4 primary school NQTs in a small school too much to bear. Schools advertise their School Direct places on their own website – check out vacancies at Goffs school. There still seems to be a huge demand for primary teachers in London, but I’m not sure if you were doing primary or secondary? But I am worried this is out of the frying pan into the fire. I wanted to apply for the SD salaried route, but with no classroom experience I’m wondering if it’s even worth applying. I’m so sad as I type this. I actually read this before applying for and starting a secondary school direct placement last September and just wanted to add a note of optimism- it can work for some people.I am also a career changer but I have loved every second. Yo empezaré School Direct en septiembre. I am so much happier now in my new role. An open day at another school left me with the distinct impression that as far as some schools were concerned, School Direct was no different from the GTP, and no-one with little experience of working with children would make the cut. I may be naive, but I can’t understand adults who sit stony-faced at such occasions. Much like yourself I don’t think I could be viewed as a typical trainee. What are your thoughts? It’s the toughest thing I’ve ever done and I’m late 40′s with more than average resilience in all the things I’ve done in my life. I’m glad that I took the SD route as I believe it much more thoroughly prepares you for life as a teacher than a PGCE but at the same time it has also shown me how difficult the profession is. How am I supposed to be able to do that with no training and having never delivered a single lesson before in my life?!? I, like yourself, had only had minimal experience in a classroom prior to this. Well, I have to say, if you have young children: no. They can be very passionate about issues, but need to develop skills to organise their thoughts, and express their ideas more clearly. Wasn’t tied into a school – but that may vary. Latterly I got up early on Saturday and tried to finish planning by early Saturday afternoon, leaving me with clear, guilt-free family time, making me (and those around me) happier. I still feel down, anxious and constantly worried and I dont know if these feelings will ever go away. You may find that you are a TA when it suits, a teacher when it suits – meaning you may need to sharpen the pencils, do playground duties AND take sole responsibility for the class. I feel completely unprepared for being potentially responsible for a whole class next year should I get a job. The shift in ‘ownership’ from universities to schools left many confused as to who was in charge, and some things were neglected as each institution thought the other was dealing with it. Audit teacher time in your school. This means you gain experience in schools and will move from a placement if it is not entirely suited to you; School Direct trainees are stuck unless they resign and leave the programme. I knew SD was baptism by fire but surely this is just dousing me in petrol, setting me alight and then setting the lions on me just for good measure :O My experience may have been totally different in a different school. You can find out about the primary and Early Years unsalaried courses SSELP SD offer, qualifications required and further details about the application process and recruitment process by visiting one of these events:. Is it possible or will I go mad? Will I be able to juggle work and family successfully? Hi All I recruit for School Direct for a secondary alliance of schools and there are some pretty awful recounts on here. If you know who the class teacher is you will be working with, talk to them and sketch out an overall plan for Autumn 1, but there’s no point planning in detail at this point. Despite being thrown in at the deep end, trainees are gradually introduced to teaching through an initial period of observations before starting a timetable of six hours a week and finishing with 18 hours a week. This is a great blog post; I think you can tell by the amount of comments that it has really resonated with people. I don’t know why people like that become teachers, but I’ve heard enough stories at college to conclude they do exist. I’d like to build on this in my future career, teaching debating as a skill and also taking children to Parliament to find out more about how we are governed. Do you have any advice for stuff I could do over the next few months to help me prepare and not get quickly overrun? Thanks. In short: As you can see, I found the School Direct Salaried route very tough (I came very close to quitting at least once, but I was lucky in having an amazing mentor and colleagues who pulled me through). You sound like a brilliant teacher – and I admire your tenacity. Unfortunately he is not alone almost half of the other SD people in his group did not have jobs at the end of July. Added 'School Direct (salaried) funding manual 2019 to 2020 academic year'. Ruth. It’s fair to say I experienced all of those at different times. Or was it a tax lawyer who packed it in to become a tree surgeon and then tried teaching? I never cracked work/life balance, other than by doing supply, but one tip I would offer is to work on Saturdays not Sundays. PGCE courses tend to offer two placements lasting up to two thirds of the course between them. Everything you have said has resonated so well with me. Good luck making your choices and I hope everything works out for what’s best for you. We work with a number of primary and secondary schools in Greater Manchester to offer our trainees the School Direct route into teaching. From your contributors it would appear that a lot of the issues encountered are personality driven and, shameful as it is, the impact that this can have is clearly evident. Whatsmore I’ll also have a tutor group to manage, it may be a shared responsibility or not..I don’t know yet. Thank you for your reply, my school is very supportive. Your blog is very helpful but I need more information. but being part of a department has helped to bank some resources and share ideas. I love working with children and get the ‘buzz’, but the 18 hour days through the week and weekends playing catch up are hard to keep up. Right now I have 5 more lessons to plan, resources and prep for the whole week to consider, 30 books to mark (detailed mark) and all the Uni side to catch up on. I thought I wanted to teach. Reducing teacher workload – practical approaches: 1. I have to say if you have a child to get to and from nursery and your husband is away in the week, I really think you will find it incredibly difficult unless you have some extra childcare in place – how early can you drop off and how late can you pick up? Can anyone please advise? I’ve only worked in Primary and don’t know if that will go against me. My brain is still adjusting to coping with the amount of information I need to process in a day, and one result of this is that things that happened yesterday still feel like they happened a week ago. School Direct is different because instead of applying to a university and then finding a school placement, the you applied to the school. The NQT year is notoriously tough (some other teachers telling me to expect “a year of tears as an NQT”) but in hindsight I don’t think I was sufficiently prepared for my NQT year with only a year of School Direct classroom experience under my belt. No job or training should steal your life like this. School Direct enables you to develop a tailored training programme, customised to suit the needs of your school and your trainees. The day to day contact with kids is amazing, and the reason we all want to do this, but when the children go home at 3.30, you literally start your working day again! I inhabited another world. I am coming to the vocation at the age of 50, ex military, and giving up a significant salary to follow the unsalaried route. It was a horrendous year for both of us, the workload is huge, he was up until at least midnight most nights and had to work at weekends also, as there is a lot of essays and reading to fit in on top of your school prep work. I agree with you, I would not recommend this to anyone that has very young children. That is never going to happen in a career in teaching. It’s a tough situation you’re in, and I certainly sympathise having been there myself. I certainly found getting work much more challenging when I decided to specialise and transfer to Secondary. Hi Debbie, To those who made the primary choice, i do wonder if secondary may have been a better option. This is about broadening horizons, thinking ahead not just to KS2, but to secondary school and beyond, giving children more career choices. I got a sense of the possible joys of teaching by bringing my knowledge and experience into a cross-curricular morning of history, maths, ICT and a dash of PSHE. A very interesting blog. I tried a pgce secondary and had to quit due to endless amounts of marking and lesson planning and feeling like I never saw my own kids! My university tutor commented on one of my observations that I was more like a classroom assistant than a teacher. I am finishing my early years degree end of June, have passed both skills tests and therefore in order to gain a QTS I want to go for the salaried route to primary teaching as I can afford to do pgce with two young children not in school yet.Need help and advice please! (If you want quick School Direct tips or a ‘should I / shouldn’t I?’ guide, skip to ‘Cut to the chase’ at the end of this post). Hope that’s some use, and good luck. The course is heavily weighted to the practical (or mine was) so that wasn’t a problem. Did you have any right of appeal to the academic institution backing the qualification? Here are some of my suggestions to help ease the teacher workload burden. Don’t use normal notebooks, write everything in spiral-bound hole-punched note pads with detachable pages – everything is evidence. It was a learning experience not just for us students, but also for schools and the universities. Salary will vary according to where you are. Hello. You will find your role confusing. I don’t have children but I am due to get married in a couple of months and I feel that the lifestyle of a teacher isn’t what I want (I also want children in the near-ish future and believe it impossible to juggle the two). There must be thousands of teachers out there with young children – I just don’t understand how they do it. and am in my mid 20s- I don’t have a family to take care of so I commend anyone who does teacher training and has a family (you are all SAINTS!). I would like to ask one question though….is 12k the average wage out there for someone doing the schools direct course? So sorry to read your experiences. In terms of actual homework, my workload in high school was mostly worksheets, problems to solve from a textbook or other busywork assignments. I’m a single Mum of 3 young kids and have the opportunity for SD or PGCE. For anyone else: yes, but a few things to consider: This is an expanded version of a presentation I gave as part of my final assessment, and in a staff meeting to colleagues. One teacher said she does a 70-hour week. Normally Scratch is only taught – even by the experts – to upper KS2, but my experience of teaching it in Year 3 made me think that it was worth a go in Year 2. In my old job, I could switch off when the red light went out, but now my work followed me home, filling my every waking (and sleeping) moment. Hi Nick. Others on my course have been into different year groups each term because the school wants to give them as much experience as possible – I’ve been in the same year group from the start with a 4 week placement after Easter scheduled – I’ve been told I’m wholly responsible for the progress of that class this year! Talking to friends still teaching in the state primary sector, things seem to have got worse in the last 6 months not better. I guess Primary was just the wrong route for me! As a result of this I have been off today and will no doubt not be back tomorrow due to this. Good luck to those that are able to secure the salaried route. Contact the principal directly, find space, forms, fees & more. ‘A key quality for being a teacher is deriving pleasure from other people’s achievements.’. I don’t think I read with my own daughter all year. NOTE: Registration will be complete after you submit your first request. This year, this level of work has failed once again to result in a pay rise commensurate to the workload . Selecting a Product from the Select Product menu is required. Thanks for your comment. School Direct is different because instead of applying to a university and then finding a school placement, the you applied to the school. School nurses work in … Like you all I want to do is teach. They spoke a different language: not just the jargon that goes with any profession, but they had a familiarity with the daily business of school life and learning that was utterly alien to me, as an outsider. I was pretty darn lucky, but I’ve heard some horror stories about some class teachers (not in any school I taught in, I hasten to add) who do not support students, and, in some cases, actively undermine them. I was offered (and accepted) a job in my base school back in March but during May half term I really started to think that teaching isn’t for me. I applied to one school where I think they took 6 School Direct places and I was 7th on their list, but then I got a place in another outstanding and very highly-regarded school. It may not be useful to everyone, all are different, but I have certainly found it beneficial. 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