teacher in need of summer job - any ideas?

bruffyboy

I am an English teacher and am looking for work this summer. Does anyone have any experience of teaching through the summer, and if so any tips / links?

Thanks!

Vicky-Toria

Hey there,

I'm a teacher and during the summer I work on summercamps. It's not always easy work to do but it is fun, a good way to meet new people and work for extra cash. The one I work for is mainly based in and around London plus in the East mids. Although I'm pretty sure there are others in other areas. We do mostly sports and arts. I know the camp I work on looks specifically for teachers to be site managers.
If thats not what you are looking for what about looking into tutoring. I've heard that giving SATs and GCSE tuition (outside of school) pays ok money. I've never really looked into it though so I don't really know a lot about it.

Hope this helps

Vicky

horsechestnut

Marking for GCSE. Slightly just before the summer and it is hard work, but you do get the money in a lump sum.
Some colleges/universities offer courses for overseas students to learn English during the summer. Phone and ask your local if they have anything on offer.

theinsider

I second exam marking - my old flatmate who was a teacher does it. As the previous poster said though, it doesn't coincide exactly with the summer hols so you have to do it while you're still teaching in the summer term. But hey, then you have some extra money and the summer hols to spend it!

bruffyboy

thanks, I've applied for GCSE but haven't heard back yet

mrs.way

i don't know if this is a stupid question......do you have to be a teacher to do exam marking? as i used to live near someone who did it and she wasn't a teacher unless she was a retired one!!!!!

Halloway

So the old chestnut about long holidays being 'time for lesson preparation' is in fact a deep pile of !!!!!!.

Quelle surprise.

ukranger

My mother in law seems to get a lot of her teaching work through agencies
This includes summer work

PixiePie

Halloway wrote: »

So the old chestnut about long holidays being 'time for lesson preparation' is in fact a deep pile of !!!!!!.

Quelle surprise.

It totally depends on what sort of teacher you are, and how organised your school is.
I'm a supply teacher, so no I don't have to prepare in the holidays, but then I don't get paid either, so need other work in the holidays to have money coming in.
When I was a full time teacher (in a carp school), I did use the holidays to mark exam scripts (not public exams, just end of year test things), write resources, prep. lessons in general etc as well as re-charge my batteries. But seeing as we get paid a whole heap less than equivalent private sector jobs with the amount of qualifications we get, then yes we do deserve the holidays - we only get paid technically for the term times anyway (they just spread the payments out in the UK to help us with budgeting, most other countries pay a similar amount but in 10 instalments throughout the year).

If you think teaching is so easy and such a doss, go get all the training and then you put up with the little scum bags day in day out.

PixiePie

bruffyboy wrote: »

I am an English teacher and am looking for work this summer. Does anyone have any experience of teaching through the summer, and if so any tips / links?

Thanks!

Council run summer play schemes, private company activity holidays (PGK type stuff) private company foreign student education holidays (but generally the pay is pants and they own your resources, so beware and negotiate a good rate!), non-educational work (eg office temping, bar/pub/restaurant work, royal mail sorting, supermarket checkout, dog walking, house sitting, medical trials, charity collecting, branding/marketing work (jumping around in silly branded T-shirts), merchandising (checking that companies' are getting enough exposure in supermarkets etc) mystery shopping etc), private tutoring, exam marking. The house sitting can be quite good depending on your age/status as they like teachers, and you get a holiday away from home as well.

Hot recruits website has some studenty type jobs on it that can be useful.

Hope that gives you some ideas! Good luck

PixiePie

mrs.way wrote: »

i don't know if this is a stupid question......do you have to be a teacher to do exam marking? as i used to live near someone who did it and she wasn't a teacher unless she was a retired one!!!!!

Generally you do, but funnily enough we don't have to enter the profession at 18 and then are locked in the classroom until we are 65 - we can leave at any time and still have been a teacher! :eek: