Disadvantages of privately paid school hours

Jane98 · 06-10-2018 9:57pm #1

Hi,

I have been offered half hours paid privately in a private school and am wondering what disadvantages and perhaps advantages should I consider with being paid this way?

evolving_doors · 06-10-2018 10:45pm

Advantages --> if you've no job it's better than nothing. Take it but keep looking.

Disadvantages--> Some schools pay less than what your dept colleagues will get.
-->Not pay for holidays.
-->No pension

If you are going to interview ask (skilfully at the end) if the pay is on a par with department and incremental (if its advertised as a permanent post). You might be promised the sun moon and stars but read over your contract with someone who is clued in. Even at that they might put you off until you start, by then its too late. If you get the job tell em you need the contract ASAP for a car loan to get to work or somesuch.

That's a cautious approach.

If it's for something like a grind school then it should pay at minimum the hourly teaching sub rate €45 +

gaiscioch · 06-10-2018 11:03pm

Jane98 wrote: »

Hi,

I have been offered half hours paid privately in a private school and am wondering what disadvantages and perhaps advantages should I consider with being paid this way?

A certain crowd who have been banned from many countries since 1540 - *fires pen down the back at the dossers in history class* - offer free or low cost accommodation to teachers so that would be a very nice carrot if the job is in the Pale.

They also have a decent pension scheme for privately paid teachers and, as far as I'm aware, they pay all teachers at DoES levels - so you'd be better off than DoES paid teachers if that's actually correct (i.e. you won't be paying the 10% PRD/ASC tax that all state-paid teachers pay).

evolving_doors · 06-10-2018 11:46pm

gaiscioch wrote: »

A certain crowd who have been banned from many countries since 1540 - *fires pen down the back at the dossers in history class* - offer free or low cost accommodation to teachers so that would be a very nice carrot if the job is in the Pale.

They also have a decent pension scheme for privately paid teachers and, as far as I'm aware, they pay all teachers at DoES levels - so you'd be better off than DoES paid teachers if that's actually correct (i.e. you won't be paying the 10% PRD/ASC tax that all state-paid teachers pay).

Freemasons?