How much can I expect to pay - NZ teacher
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| I'm an Kiwi teacher of Maths - 6 years expereince- looking to teach in Sommerset area. Not sure how the pay works...anyone out there know? |
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Independent schools will have more control over what they can pay you, however voluntary aided school (often church schools with a 'fee' of a couple of hundred pounds + a year) have control a bit to. The reason this is important is that you are 'technically' an unqualified teacher (meaning you don't have QTS - qualified teacher status - this is what you get when you go through the overseas trained teacher course) and the unqualifed scale is about £20000 (check on http://www.teachernet.gov.uk), when the starting salary on qualified scale is more (depending on inner london etc). Schools can 'play' with your pay a bit by giving recruiment and retention points at about £1000 each. Schools that are controlled by the LEA (local education authority that control the education in that area) have less ability to 'play' with the pay - although they can do it.
After 6 years on the main scale (6 yrs of teaching) qualified teachers can go through threshold onto the upper payscale (UPS), so if you are able to get QTS then recognition for your NZ experience you could be in line to start the UPS process (meaning a salary of £35000 ish).
Technically unqualified teachers can not have management points (now called TLRs), but again depending on the school anything is possible.
I do have to say in the 'non' independent sector the professional developement is fantastic, i am currently working on masters in maths education (not paid for by me) and have had fantastic development ICT and IWB wise. The UK are really starting to tackle the retention problem of mathematics teachers.
good luck
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| Thanks for that, the 'independent school' thing is difficult because I have a wife (who will be a newly qualified teacher) and two small children, so they mightn't have suitable accomodation or vacancies. Does anyone know what an agency is likely to pay? One other thing, I'm fairly keen on pushing handheld technology in my department as the benefits over here are huge.(to the extent that the dept now have over 140 Graphics calculators for student use), whats the situation over in the UK? Are they accepted for use in external exams? |
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| "Handheld devices" such as graphing calculators or more in line with PDA's and Tablets? It depends where in the UK you are likely to teach, but from my observations, the UK is slowly starting to integrate technology at a deeper cognitive level. I think the UK is still a few years away from successfully implementing these concepts and schools may still be at the "computers-are-cool" stage. However, the UK is a leader in technology development in the business sector which bolds well for the educational system. If you are bringing experience with curricula using PDA's, probes, etc. then you will definitely be an asset to any school here. |
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| thanks for the advice..I don't ever think of the UK being advanced in technology so it's good to hear! |
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