** Daily Chat - Thursday 25th June**

ZTD

bank_of_slate wrote: »

was in hospital yesterday, small procedure under sedation.
My blood pressure went down AGAIN!!! :mad: and wouldn't come back up, in the end they let me home anyway
...Linda xx

Should have taken a picture of Take That in with you...that would have brought it up...

bank_of_slate

It was 105/55 for a while and heart rate was 46 bpm (I have a fairly slow heart rate anyway, that's been picked up before.)
...Linda xx

pepe2008

Right, dogging in the woods..then bed. see you all soon. Take care Maz x

bank_of_slate

Have fun Pepe
...Linda xx

Burlesque_Babe

I've got an interview for a teaching post (cookery in a school, full time), but after digging around I've found the non-qualified teaching salary scale (I'm part qualified so would be classed as non-qual) and I don't think it is worth going!

The national scale is £15,113 to £23,903.

To break even each month (with my current £30 petrol budget) I need an absolute minimum income of £18,500. This pays the bills, adds £80 to the food budget (OH contributes the other half) and puts £30 in the tank. Nothing more - and no debt busting (minimum CC payment) - I'd still need to teach in the evenings for that salary to be clearing my debts quicker than the minimum payment.

I have done 170 miles this month and the petrol light is just about to come on.
The new journey would mean double the petrol each month plus wear and tear on the car so I would really need to be on the £20,300 or £22,145 point which is right towards the top of the non-qual. pay scale when I am only just starting there to ensure I have enough money for petrol and some extra to start increasing the CC payment - and not half killing myself working a 37 hour week in an all boys 11+ school, then working teaching adults 1 or 2 evenings and also doing AQA on Saturdays and Sundays.

thoughts ?

ZTD

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

I've got an interview for a teaching post, but after digging around I've found the non-qualified teaching salary scale (I'm part qualified so would be classed as non-qual) and I don't think it is worth going!

The national scale is £15,113 to £23,903.

To break even each month (with my current £30 petrol budget) I need an absolute minimum income of £18,500. This pays the bills, adds £80 to the food budget (OH contributes the other half) and puts £30 in the tank. Nothing more - and no debt busting (minimum CC payment) - I'd still need to teach in the evenings for that salary to be clearing my debts quicker than the minimum payment.

I have done 170 miles this month and the petrol light is just about to come on.
The new journey would mean double the petrol each month plus wear and tear on the car so I would really need to be on the £20,300 or £22,145 point which is right towards the top of the non-qual. pay scale when I am only just starting there to ensure I have enough money for petrol and some extra to start increasing the CC payment - and not half killing myself working a 37 hour week in an all boys 11+ school, then working teaching adults 1 or 2 evenings and also doing AQA on Saturdays and Sundays.

thoughts ?

When do you qualify, and what is the qualified scale?

ZTD

schoolrunmum wrote: »

Hi all, just caught up.....
Linda-hope the wooziness wears off....
Maz-what can I say? Just don't rush into anything, take your time till you're sure it's the right thing to do....for all of you.
DH finally back in the sim today-starting 7pm for 4 hours of horror scenarios.....fingers crossed please, as its P45 time if he c***s it up!

Have faith in him...everybody else on the plane does...

schoolrunmum

pepe2008 wrote: »

I did 5 simulator take-off and landing s ...737 I think, at Luton.
I mostly killed everyone on board!
The nasty instructor let me land at Hong Kong in a massive side wind.....and that time he gave me FULL control:eek:.......I have only got 1 brain, 2 hands and 2 feet!! Is DH an alien with extras????

Nah,just the normal complement, but he is a darn good pilot!
His biggest fright yet was HKG Pepe, assymetric flap landing (only working on 1 wing) with a real nasty x-wind like only Kai-Tak could do.....pulled it off though..

I flew a Red arrows Hawk sim years ago-and crashed it....

sallyx

BB I personally think its worth going to the interview anyway, then make the decision about the job if you are offered it. Can you say what school it is? And when would you qualify and be able to get a pay rise?

Burlesque_Babe

ZTD wrote: »

When do you qualify, and what is the qualified scale?

Another 2 years as I'm going through the slow lane way of qualifying. The newly qualified teacher scale currently starts at £20,300 so I'd guess it will be around £22k in 2 years time.

Thinking it through, Iguess they are going for the cheapest option possible to get a full time teacher - they could get a fully qualified newly qualified teacher for £20,300 and there are lots around at the moment due to the cash handshake available to do a PGCE (up to 9k) so I can't see them paying me £20k non-qualified when they could get a 'proper' teacher for the same money.