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Monday, October 15, 2018

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Resignations

 
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How should you resign from your teaching position?

It’s the season for teachers moving on to new horizons and this is the key week for resignations. In my time as a teacher, applying for jobs, handing in my own resignations as well as receiving them, here is my seasoned advice.

Procedure:

First and foremost, all teachers are bound by their school contract and The Burgundy Bookwhich influences the (STPCD) School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document.

These may vary according to schools and level of employment, but typically teachers are expected to give one term’s notice before leaving any school.

For senior teachers, it is often two full terms and more for more senior posts i.e. executive head teacher.

The Burgundy Book (section 3, paragraph 4.1) national conditions of service agreement for teachers asks for under two months’ notice and in the summer term, three months’ notice, terminating at the end of that school term.

For the purposes of resignations and notice periods, the dates of the three school terms are deemed to be:

for the autumn term, from 1 September to 31 December inclusive;for the spring term, from 1 January to 30 April inclusive;for the summer term, from 1 May to 31 August inclusive.

Therefore, teachers who wish to leave their jobs should observe the following deadlines when giving their notice:

to leave at 31 December, give notice by no later than 31 October;to leave at 30 April, give notice by no later than 28 February;to leave at 31 August, give notice by no later than 31 May.

It is important to note that these provisions only allow teachers to resign their posts with effect from the end of term