I want to teach!
I’ve been thinking about what I want to do and it’s sort of scary. I figured I can always continue with illustration on the side and work full-time or part-time to support myself (which totally makes sense). Now my problem is that although I have three years experience working in a SEN related role (autism) but the pay for these jobs are so low it’s a joke. I have seen job advertisements for SEN and TA roles starting at £50 to £60 per day. I’m not being picky but I know how much hard work you have to put into it especially if you’re working one to one with a student. Even if you’re a HLTA (higher level teaching assistant) you’re still looking around £22,0000 per year- quite frankly if you’re living in London it’s definitely not enough money. It’s a very rewarding job but the pay, for me, doesn’t justify how much of your time you have to put into it. I hope like I don’t sound like a mad money woman!!
Having spoken to a couple of people on Twitter and Facebook it’s enlightened me a lot more in that this is the career route I definitely want to take. Anyway, I’ve been toying with the idea of being a lecturer for an FE college or in the HE sector. I think need to knuckle down now and start looking into it; I’m getting to that stage in life where I’m panicking about jobs, money etc!!
I might be having a quarter life crisis!!! X
