Regret getting pregnant and not doing my PGCE training - advice
Hello everyone. So I work at a college based in the UK. I am due back from mat leave in an education support role. (Been in this role for nearly 10 years now). Going back part time. I was due to start a post 14 teacher training course part time for 2 years and also work full time in the department alongside this. I fell pregnant in September 2024 when the course was due to start, I was aged 35/36 when this happened. We were rolling the dice to see if this happened so was planned. Since having baby, who I love, I have had post natal depression and had a challenging year. I feel like a failure for not pursuing the course. Advice please with this.
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First, sorry you’re having such a hard time! Is it possibly you can you still pursue the course now? You get support with funding childcare etc?
Have you considered doing the training on the job via an online level 5 teaching diploma? Would your college maybe support you in this to do some teaching alongside the support role. If it makes you feel any better I have been working unqualified as an FE teacher for the last 5 years and still not done my teaching qualification as had baby #3 two years ago and I am in my late 30s. You can definitely do it later especially in a college setting as there are so many more flexible routes to training whilst working. You are definitely not a failure! Do the training when the time is right. I doubt I will do it until my youngest is in school. Honestly sometimes I regret that I am already in a teaching role and wonder if I’d have been better off in a support role until my children were a bit bigger anyway.
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