Becoming a teacher after Becoming a parent

I seem to hear nothing but negatives about teaching. I'd like to hear others opinions

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Unfortunately, so much of it is negative. I have a couple of classes I adore as a secondary English teacher and they keep me going, but 90% of the job is very hard work at best, mentally harmful at worst. The kids are getting tougher and tougher to handle. That said, it is a reasonably safe field to be in with the amount of redundancies taking place and will be taking place over the next few years. If you know you’re a strong person that doesn’t get upset easily or overly stressed, you can have a fulfilling and long lasting career 🤷‍♀️ let me know if you have any specific questions. I’ve had a bit of experience in primary too.

I’m a primary teacher and I would say it very much depends on your school/how you manage your time (for example I work during break times) . I am currently on my 2nd maternity leave and went back part time after my first which was tricky but manageable. No way I could do full time though.
My oldest is starting at my school in Sept and looking forward to having the holidays with him!
Any more questions then I’m happy to answer if I can

I’m a primary teacher. I’ve spent 10 years in year six and felt completely burnt out and broken. I still work full time after having my 3 year old and 1 year old. I’ve moved out of year six now and it’s much better but I’m desperately scrambling to see if we can afford for me to go part time as teaching is getting harder and harder and you don’t have the time to do all the extra expected work as well as the hours at school whilst also looking after a little one.
Perhaps all the negatives you are hearing are there for a reason.

I absolutely love my job teaching secondary maths. I have a fantastic department and we really are a team which makes all the difference.
It’s hard work, there’s sometimes not enough time to do everything and I have my niggles. But you get niggles in every job.

I’ve had some horrendous students over the years, with one student shoving a table into my belly at 36 weeks pregnant. But then I had 20+ students express concern and make sure I was ok.

It takes a lot of time and energy. I’m fortunate I can get there early and so I leave at a reasonable time and don’t take much work home with me.

I’m extremely fortunate that I love my job.

Absolutely love my job (0.9 year 5 teacher at a large city primary school) and rarely complain!

Honestly if you have fallen out the love for the job there are LOTS of negatives. Every DAY is a battle at my school and working with these sped kids. However, if you don't love what you do you're not going to find any positives no matter how hard you try.

I'm not a teacher yet, so nothing to fall out of love with!

that's really nice to hear and wow, you're amazing to be able to teach maths! My biggest struggle

Primary teacher, full time with a nearly 3 year old and due my second in a few weeks, it’s tiring but personally I find it manageable and I am probably way more organised than I was before I had my first making life a lot less stressful. I get to work about an hour before kids come in and leave 2 hours after. I think it hugely depends on your school and expectations of marking, meetings etc. I work in a 2.5 form entry, I think I’d struggle in a 1 form entry though

AHH gotcha gotcha, I mean girl just follow your heart

I love my job as a teacher, I struggle to imagine being anything else but I have found a school with values and curriculum that align with me and I have wonderful colleagues. A lot of it depends on environment but it seems the majority of schools are very challenging at the moment! It is ridiculously stressful and sometimes you are being asked to solve all of society problems but each day is different and sometimes hilarious

I love my job. I teach secondary Science and am now at a school that I can see myself staying in for a long time. They are so supportive of parents and I was excited to go back after mat leave. Schools differ greatly, which is such a shame as means great teachers leave the profession, when really should just leave their place of work! If you are thinking of a career change, go for it!

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