Right, well ill be leaving college in a few months time and i was going to send out cvs to local schools to apply for a position as a teaching assisstant. But i have been offered the chance of promotion at work to become the deputy manager.

im not sure if i should go for the deputy job, and if i want to later on i can become a teaching assistant, and there is always chance of promotion in the company im in now.

any ideas anyone?

Whats the pay like?

its about 14,000 to 15,000 a year

things to remember, the older you get the harder it is to do "something else". it is highly likely that if you dont pursue this teacher training thing now, you never will, and in many years time you may regret it.

then again if you take deputy job maybe you'll meet the love of your life and then get managers job and have lots of kids and win the lotto and live happily ever after.

the great thing about life is that you never know, and you never will know because you cant do both. isnt it a wonderful world.

and on that bombshell its home time.

The best response is.....Do the thing that you think will make you most happy, bugger the money!

ill have to spend a lot of time thinking

i havent got a clue, need to talk to people at college

Managers come and go like the Autumn leaves, today the job is fine, next year it's gone! However, teaching is as close you get these days to a job for life, a rare creature indeed. It's good money, good holidays and a good pension. Just the kids thats the bugger.

to me you have to answer yourself a question, what your doing now, do you enjoy? with the promotion, can you see yourself getting worked up and annoyed by your job, can you see it going further and being a good long term choice?

with teaching, my girlfriend is in her last year of training to become an english teacher, the work load is reiculous atm, and i mean rediculous, shes got assignments growing out of her ears along with her day to day lesson planning etc, shes usually up until 4 am working then up at 7 to get ready to go into work, thats 5 days a week if not more... yeas it can be vvery rewarding, but there is the uni course then the placement training. unfortunately for alex, ses now at a point where she isnt sure if she wants to do it anymore, but we will wait until half term is here as thats when it all calms down for her again and she may feel alot more relaxed afer the break and everythig has died down

Andy_sx said:

to me you have to answer yourself a question, what your doing now, do you enjoy? with the promotion, can you see yourself getting worked up and annoyed by your job, can you see it going further and being a good long term choice?

with teaching, my girlfriend is in her last year of training to become an english teacher, the work load is reiculous atm, and i mean rediculous, shes got assignments growing out of her ears along with her day to day lesson planning etc, shes usually up until 4 am working then up at 7 to get ready to go into work, thats 5 days a week if not more... yeas it can be vvery rewarding, but there is the uni course then the placement training. unfortunately for alex, ses now at a point where she isnt sure if she wants to do it anymore, but we will wait until half term is here as thats when it all calms down for her again and she may feel alot more relaxed afer the break and everythig has died down

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Well i can get annoyed at work sometimes with the really ignorant customers but, and i dont mean to be big headed, but i am one of the better workers.
i was also thinkin of applying to be a teachers assistant as my grades arent good enough to get into uni, so thats a lot less work and pay.

i just cannot decide, me mam says i shud do the TA thing, but i was thinking i could stay at the shop for a few more years to see what happens before becoming a TA.

I'm gonna come in and be customer from hell.. then you'll know to take the teaching assistant job!

You want to be a teacher? Well being a teaching assistant is about as close as you can get without having to get the big qualifications. A case of try before you buy?

three positive things about being in school teaching.


1) christmas,
2) easter
3) summer.


that is all...

ive seen my tutor at college, she said that i should keep all doors open, and that taking any form of promotion is better and to just keep my options open.

she also said that if i did take the promotion that it would look really good on a cv that i became deputy manager at 18

faster4_tec said:

three positive things about being in school teaching.


1) christmas,
2) easter
3) summer.


that is all...

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You forgot:

1) Autumn half term
2) Spring half term
3) Summer half term



Mickey, the only person who can decide what to do is you.

First and foremost, what do you want out of life? Do you want a challenge and a career that is in demand? If you do, then go for teaching. Working in a shop is, well, working in a shop. Nothing wrong with that, but what are the job prospects? What's the highest salary (realistically) that you can hope to get? Will you still be happy working there in 5/ 10/ 20 years time?

Now compare that with working as a Teaching Assistant. How do they compare?

Hellcat also makes a good point in that by going the TA route you can try the job without making a huge commitment to University training. If you like it, then great, you could always go on day release and get fully qualified. If you don't like it, then nothing is lost. Believe me, deputy manager jobs of a shop are easy to come by so you'd have no trouble in finding another job. Chances are as well that your old company would want you back anyway.

Another thought is to maybe take the deputy manager job for a year and use it as a kind of 'gap year' experience. It would look good on your CV/ application and shows that you have the means to take on responsibility, plus the extra cash would come in handy!

Lastly, I think you are still in your teens so to be honest don't fret too much. I went back into full time education at the age of 36, and started my degree course at 37. It's never too late to re-train, BUT don't leave it too late! I think I'm pushing the boundaries a bit as I'll be 41 when I fully qualify - I could retire in nearly a couple of decades!

Whatever you do, follow your heart and take the career that you really want to do. As someone once said, "If you do a career that you love then you'll never have to work again".

He also forgot the pay that teachers get...but teaching assistants don't of course!

do what you want mate, I did the uni thing, did a subject that I really enjoy and know a lot about, got the degree, couldnt get a job and the jobs were all short term contracts any way- i.e great pay for 6 weeks then you dont know where the next job is coming from.

I now work in something completely different, not something I have trained to do, or have a passion for, but seem to be doing all right with it and there are lots of opportunities. In the 3 years I have worked there I have seen my pay go up by £6k and im waiting to hear about another position I might get on even more cash!

Im a money grabbing tight arse, who is as tight as cramp. I just like to be secure, and my desired choice couldnt provide that

well ive decided that im going to take the job as deputy and go from £3,000 a year to about £14,000.

like people have said if i dont like it, i can easily do the teaching thing, and becoming a deputy manager at 18 would look really good on a cv

yeah it would,

I was a deputy after 8 months of working at my place, but i havent gone done the management route due to change in policies surrounding this and had better opportunities

Although I was 21.

Well heres an update.

the deputy is not leaving,m but the manager is, so the deputy is going to do his job. so i have to wait for the manager to leave, or there is a manager position at another branch.

think im a bit young to do a managers job though