I know the teachers in my school all have a teaching qualification. I’m a ta and my highest qualification is a degree in education and childhood studies.
Thanks, I hope you can do the same. It might help to make a list of what does affect you in work, home and you job. This might clarify what needs to change.
Thank you. My class sizes are relatively small compared to teaching kids but I feel I'm starting my week on an energy deficit and that rolls over into the following week. My hours are flexible so I can change and an admin job came up at work but it'd be a massive pay cut and working more hours overall.
I just don't know how much it's my job in general, the subject I teach, where I work, or me. I think it's probably a mixture of them all. This year is the year something needs to change I can't carry on like this.
Thank you for replying I'm glad you finally got yourself sorted.
Hi @out_of_step I too work in a school as a teaching assistant and was feeling the way you were every day by lunch time. At the time I was working in a reception class of 28 children who were all noisy, disruptive and persistent. Even though I enjoyed the type of job i felt that the environment wasn't for me and I moved to an Additional Needs School where im now in a class of 12 thirteen year olds and the classroom if calm and quiet and now I find im going home smiling.
Maybe you need a change of environment, or speak to your line manager about maybe doing a jobshare where you only work half days if thats possible.
I'm an Autistic father to 2 sons one is neurotypical and the other is also Autistic, It can be hard at times especially if my son and I are finding things difficult but as a family we pull together and enjoy the time we have together.
I hope you get things sorted and feel better in yourself.
