Thinking of taking unpaid leave as I am anxious of returning to work at school

onwards&upwards

paul2louise said:

onwards&upwards said:

paul2louise said:

KxMx said:

Is it possible to go over the Head perhaps to the board of governors or education department of local authority?

You have my sympathy, Mum's job has radically changed and she has been extremely stressed over it, but as the weeks go on it becomes more normal and she is adapting. 

he said it was just a learning curve and we all just need to be patient with each other. 

That is probably the best way he could have responded, tbh. 

Yes but I wanted him to acknowledge my email and say come and have a chat or something. Instead he ignored it. Cos my supervisor told me to email him and she had to badger him to speak to me. She kept asking if he had replied. 

Possibly he was giving you the chance to cool off on your own.

You do sound very anxious and on edge, and I would be surprised if that isn't spilling over into how you are relating to people at work.  

onwards&upwards

paul2louise said:

Sea_Shell said:

If you don't want to go in on day one, but don't want it to be a few weeks either, when will you be happy to return?

Surely whichever day is your first day back will be difficult.  May as well get it over with asap.

Rip the bandaid off, as it were!!

When we opened to years foundation 1 and 6 one staff member quit, 2 refused to come back and 1 just kept the cleaning job but not the dealing with children. 1 of those that refused decided after 2 weeks that she would come back and she was welcomed back no trouble. She knew how everything worked. She knew her hours, what children she was looking after. That's sort of what I want. 

What would happen to the kids if all the staff wanted that though?

theoretica

I would imagine that when the school was not fully open to all children there was more scope for some staff members not to be present - with all the children there won't they have more need for their full staff? 

With reopening still weeks away I expect they are still making plans, and holding off on announcing anything because there is so much scope for the government to announce changes.

Thrugelmir

The school will be undertaking a comprehensive risk assessment that covers staff and pupils alike. A lot more is now known about the virus and the science grows every week. 

elsien

paul2louise said:

onwards&upwards said:

paul2louise said:

KxMx said:

Is it possible to go over the Head perhaps to the board of governors or education department of local authority?

You have my sympathy, Mum's job has radically changed and she has been extremely stressed over it, but as the weeks go on it becomes more normal and she is adapting. 

he said it was just a learning curve and we all just need to be patient with each other. 

That is probably the best way he could have responded, tbh. 

Yes but I wanted him to acknowledge my email and say come and have a chat or something. Instead he ignored it. Cos my supervisor told me to email him and she had to badger him to speak to me. She kept asking if he had replied. 

Is it not your supervisor who should be addressing these issues and taking them forwards? Telling you to email the head directly is passing the buck if she is being paid to act as your line manager. 

paul2louise

onwards&upwards said:

paul2louise said:

onwards&upwards said:

paul2louise said:

KxMx said:

Is it possible to go over the Head perhaps to the board of governors or education department of local authority?

You have my sympathy, Mum's job has radically changed and she has been extremely stressed over it, but as the weeks go on it becomes more normal and she is adapting. 

he said it was just a learning curve and we all just need to be patient with each other. 

That is probably the best way he could have responded, tbh. 

Yes but I wanted him to acknowledge my email and say come and have a chat or something. Instead he ignored it. Cos my supervisor told me to email him and she had to badger him to speak to me. She kept asking if he had replied. 

Possibly he was giving you the chance to cool off on your own.

You do sound very anxious and on edge, and I would be surprised if that isn't spilling over into how you are relating to people at work.  

Yes I am and i am having stress counselling to deal with it. My supervisor was unhappy with the teacher involved and she said I should report it. She said that the teacher had no right to treat me like this. It was teachers lack of communication between each other and I got caught in the middle. None of the teachers could decide where pods of children were allowed to play. My pod had been playing in an area that I had been told was their turn then this teacher came out blazing and shouting at me telling me that " my children had contaminated her children's area and that I need to clean everything they had touched". She brought me a spray gun and cloth and told me to clean everything. Later she discussed it with the other teacher. The other teacher said that there had been a mix up. I didn't get an apology. I just had to take my children back inside the class as I had nowhere for them to play. 

paul2louise

onwards&upwards said:

paul2louise said:

Sea_Shell said:

If you don't want to go in on day one, but don't want it to be a few weeks either, when will you be happy to return?

Surely whichever day is your first day back will be difficult.  May as well get it over with asap.

Rip the bandaid off, as it were!!

When we opened to years foundation 1 and 6 one staff member quit, 2 refused to come back and 1 just kept the cleaning job but not the dealing with children. 1 of those that refused decided after 2 weeks that she would come back and she was welcomed back no trouble. She knew how everything worked. She knew her hours, what children she was looking after. That's sort of what I want. 

What would happen to the kids if all the staff wanted that though?

I know. But that's why I am asking. If she had this option, why can't I. 

Jonesy1977

I hate to say it but maybe you should just resign your position, I really don’t want to sound harsh but you are essentially saying that you would prefer everyone else to take the risk and cover your role until you are comfortable, which may be never. Maybe you could be a little more flexible in the circumstances? Go back, help out your employer serve the needs of the children and families and if you feel it is unsafe resign and let them hire someone who is comfortable?

onwards&upwards

paul2louise said:

onwards&upwards said:

paul2louise said:

Sea_Shell said:

If you don't want to go in on day one, but don't want it to be a few weeks either, when will you be happy to return?

Surely whichever day is your first day back will be difficult.  May as well get it over with asap.

Rip the bandaid off, as it were!!

When we opened to years foundation 1 and 6 one staff member quit, 2 refused to come back and 1 just kept the cleaning job but not the dealing with children. 1 of those that refused decided after 2 weeks that she would come back and she was welcomed back no trouble. She knew how everything worked. She knew her hours, what children she was looking after. That's sort of what I want. 

What would happen to the kids if all the staff wanted that though?

I know. But that's why I am asking. If she had this option, why can't I. 

Because the situation is different now.  Your job needs to be done. 

Sea_Shell

paul2louise said:

onwards&upwards said:

paul2louise said:

Sea_Shell said:

If you don't want to go in on day one, but don't want it to be a few weeks either, when will you be happy to return?

Surely whichever day is your first day back will be difficult.  May as well get it over with asap.

Rip the bandaid off, as it were!!

When we opened to years foundation 1 and 6 one staff member quit, 2 refused to come back and 1 just kept the cleaning job but not the dealing with children. 1 of those that refused decided after 2 weeks that she would come back and she was welcomed back no trouble. She knew how everything worked. She knew her hours, what children she was looking after. That's sort of what I want. 

What would happen to the kids if all the staff wanted that though?

I know. But that's why I am asking. If she had this option, why can't I. 

Maybe the other person was prepared to lose their job over it.   Are you?