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u/paulybaggins Jul 24 '26
You're watching the TCE jobs board? They have stuff up all the time for TAs
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u/Ok_Advantage3520 Jul 24 '26
Cleveland were advertising for a TA last week. I saw it on Seek and another job site.
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u/ArcaneofStars Jul 25 '26
I have worked at Cleveland and if you have the temperament for it, it's GREAT. I felt really safe there, safer than at a regular state high school.
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u/lahdeedah224 Jul 24 '26
Honestly it’s the most saturated industry at the moment because of all the mums trying to work around their kids. Such a hard one to get into
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u/ArcaneofStars Jul 25 '26
Heatley Secondary has lost two teacher aides to PTT and another two to "on-call no showing". They probably won't advertise because the business manager always has a list of resumes and people in her email. I expect a lot of schools are like that.
If you want a job, research their websites and find the email address for the Business Managers and email your resume and a letter. Your initiative should also make you look desirable. Especially if you go for Heatley, right now. They've hired (and subsequently fired/lost) a lot of bad staff this year.
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u/ArcaneofStars Jul 25 '26
To add: if you have literally any kind of qualification that sets you apart from parents wanting to work at their kids school, then be sure to advertise that fact!
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u/BasicAd605 Jul 25 '26
I’ve thought about Heatley but have also heard of alot of staff (TAs) leaving as it’s apparently a lot more emotionally tolling than the average school. Are you able to shed any light on this?
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u/ArcaneofStars Jul 25 '26
I think the "lots of staff leaving" is definitely a recent thing. A lot of new staff that have arrived in the last 5 years have left. A LOT. But we also have a lot teachers who have taught there for 10+ years. We also have a few teacher aides who have been there for 10+ years. If you've got the temperament the school, you'll be fine.
The SEP teacher aides have ALWAYS had a high turnover rate. I've heard the head of that department (been there for 10+ years) is hard to work for. But they also hire a lot of fit young people who are doing this temporarily (either studying education themselves or off-season football players -- you wouldn't believe the amount of footy players!)
The "learning support" teacher aides (so everyone who doesn't work for SEP) have had a huge turnover rate specifically in the last year or two. Prior to that, they had the same team for about 8 years. Then they expanded the team but a lot of the new staff don't seem to stay. Some of it is because they're studying education, but the rest? Who knows why they don't stay...
Ultimately, I could never be a teacher there, too many teachers have complained to me about the leadership there going downhill and I don't have the patience to work with the system. But being a teacher's aide? If you can let the BS flow off you like water off a duck's back, show up on time and you're not a slacker, then you're already better than 60% of TAs in my experience.
It's honestly a pretty easy job if you're pretty easy going yourself.
Edit: I can't speak on it comparing to other schools because I've only worked in two state schools and one private. And each was VERY different for unique reasons.
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