On-Line Job Applications

[sherrardk]

How do you sign your name on an on-line application form?

[factor-fiction]

Just typing it is normally sufficient. You can sometimes scan it in but some forms don't allow it

[sherrardk]

Cheers, don't want my form being ignored because I haven't completed it fully/properly. Whilst you're here, I know you do supply work - do you know how do they work out bank teaching staff pay?

[factor-fiction]

Hi- I will answer in a bit regarding pay

[factor-fiction]

The answer is: it depends.
Would you be employed by the school , the local authority or an agency/umbrella company?
Would you be working odd days/weeks as required on a stand-by basis? Or is there a commitment to so many hours a week . Or is it longer term contract- maybe full time for a term.
In my experience schools and local authorities tend to pay according to the scale. They work out a day rate by taking the actual salary for your scale point and dividing it by 195 (the number of teaching days in a year). So someone on scale point M6 gets £31552 ÷185 = £161.80 a day. That means holiday pay is built into your pay rate so you get nothing in school holidays.
But I’m not sure they’d build in the extra points you earned for specific responsibilities or advanced skills unless they specifically need those skills. And given the high cost compared with less experienced teachers, particularly NQTs, you may find schools feel they can get better value for money from more junior teachers. That was my experience
If you are employed through an agency they may pay you a daily rate. This is likely to be less than the above figure since the agencies can easily get NQTs or cover supervisors who will work for £80-£100 a day. You could get more if they need your specific skills but you may find you are pricing yourself out of work. I found this and compromised on lower rates of £100 a day. I was happy to take the cut as I like the flexibility and am glad to avoid all the marking, planning, meetings, after school duties, parents’ evenings, detentions, reports, performance management, training days. etc

[factor-fiction]

Sorry- a few typos in there as I'm typing while watch football. For example, I've just realised I meant to type 195 not 185 days (although the day rate figure is right)

[joko]

i have a jpeg of my signature that i insert in the area when needed

[sherrardk]

Thanks for your replies. It's 25 hours a week, term time, temp for one year (brand new school so I don't suppose they know what they want yet).

[factor-fiction]

I'm not sure why the term 'bank' is being used. It just sounds like a temporary contract to me. I'm also puzzled as to why it's term time only though- that normally applies only to non-teaching roles such as TAs.
Anyway, it's likely they'll pay according to scale, but in my experience unless they need specific skills and considerable experience, or there are real recruitment and retention problems (e.g. as in some London schools) they will have a tight budget and seek to recruit someone at the lower end of the scale.
It's definitely worth applying though- you may be able to convince them that they need your invaluable experience.

[sherrardk]

FF - it's a brand new vocational school. The post is for a business studies teacher (which is my subject and I also used to be, amongst other boring things, head of vocational educational). The closing date is 17 September so I reckon there can't be that many unemployed business studies teachers with loads of vocational experience who are willing to work part time, term time only. They are also recruiting lots of other staff on the same basis (only 60 kids on role (max) in the first year). Personally, I've got nothing to lose so worth q punt.

[sherrardk]

Oh, it's a free-school too (not sure if that is relevant, will do some goggling when the kids go back to school).