A Guide to Teaching, Parenting and Creating Family Friendly Schools: The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project Handbook
At The MTPT Project we know that teaching can be a sustainable career choice for parents, and in this essential handbook, we show you how.

Supported by case studies celebrating the best that the family friendly schools and happy teachers in our community have to offer, this book is a lifeline for both educators aspiring to combine their passion for teaching with becoming a parent, and the school leader who wants to empower them. However you become a parent, or choose to grow your family and your career, this handbook will provide you with the guidance and cheerleading that you need to fulfil your personal and professional aspirations.

The book is divided into nine chapters, guiding readers from the first considerations of family planning, all the way through to the reality that some teachers and leaders may choose to leave classrooms for good. Each chapter includes:

  • the latest research on working families
  • legalities associated with different stages of working parenthood (including discrimination and how to avoid it as an employer and address it as an employee)
  • case studies from our community
  • suggestions for individuals and schools
  • recommended further reading.

Each chapter will help you to navigate the journey from planning a family, to stepping in and out of teaching to suit your parenting needs, to creating family friendly working environments, whatever your role in school. With its mixture of research-informed solutions, hints and tips, this text is perfect for colleagues embarking on their parenting journey and school leaders who want to take practical steps to retain and empower valued colleagues.

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A Guide to Teaching, Parenting and Creating Family Friendly Schools: The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project Handbook
At The MTPT Project we know that teaching can be a sustainable career choice for parents, and in this essential handbook, we show you how.

Supported by case studies celebrating the best that the family friendly schools and happy teachers in our community have to offer, this book is a lifeline for both educators aspiring to combine their passion for teaching with becoming a parent, and the school leader who wants to empower them. However you become a parent, or choose to grow your family and your career, this handbook will provide you with the guidance and cheerleading that you need to fulfil your personal and professional aspirations.

The book is divided into nine chapters, guiding readers from the first considerations of family planning, all the way through to the reality that some teachers and leaders may choose to leave classrooms for good. Each chapter includes:

  • the latest research on working families
  • legalities associated with different stages of working parenthood (including discrimination and how to avoid it as an employer and address it as an employee)
  • case studies from our community
  • suggestions for individuals and schools
  • recommended further reading.

Each chapter will help you to navigate the journey from planning a family, to stepping in and out of teaching to suit your parenting needs, to creating family friendly working environments, whatever your role in school. With its mixture of research-informed solutions, hints and tips, this text is perfect for colleagues embarking on their parenting journey and school leaders who want to take practical steps to retain and empower valued colleagues.

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A Guide to Teaching, Parenting and Creating Family Friendly Schools: The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project Handbook

A Guide to Teaching, Parenting and Creating Family Friendly Schools: The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project Handbook

A Guide to Teaching, Parenting and Creating Family Friendly Schools: The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project Handbook

A Guide to Teaching, Parenting and Creating Family Friendly Schools: The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project Handbook

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Overview

At The MTPT Project we know that teaching can be a sustainable career choice for parents, and in this essential handbook, we show you how.

Supported by case studies celebrating the best that the family friendly schools and happy teachers in our community have to offer, this book is a lifeline for both educators aspiring to combine their passion for teaching with becoming a parent, and the school leader who wants to empower them. However you become a parent, or choose to grow your family and your career, this handbook will provide you with the guidance and cheerleading that you need to fulfil your personal and professional aspirations.

The book is divided into nine chapters, guiding readers from the first considerations of family planning, all the way through to the reality that some teachers and leaders may choose to leave classrooms for good. Each chapter includes:

  • the latest research on working families
  • legalities associated with different stages of working parenthood (including discrimination and how to avoid it as an employer and address it as an employee)
  • case studies from our community
  • suggestions for individuals and schools
  • recommended further reading.

Each chapter will help you to navigate the journey from planning a family, to stepping in and out of teaching to suit your parenting needs, to creating family friendly working environments, whatever your role in school. With its mixture of research-informed solutions, hints and tips, this text is perfect for colleagues embarking on their parenting journey and school leaders who want to take practical steps to retain and empower valued colleagues.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781032043616
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/30/2022
Pages: 308
Product dimensions: 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

The MaternityTeacher/PaternityTeacher Project is the UK’s charity for parent-teachers, inspiring, empowering and connecting teachers choosing to complete professional development whilst on parental leave. Made up of coaches, regional representatives, advocates, volunteers and community members across the UK, The MTPT Project work to make teaching and educational leadership a sustainable, family-friendly career choice.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Dedication and Acknowledgements

All About The MTPT Project

About The Chapter Authors

Foreword from Dame Vivienne Porritt

Introduction

  1. Planning for a Baby: Should we ‘Leave Before we Leave’?
  2. Claire Neaves

  3. Expectant Teachers: Breeders or Leaders?
  4. Naomi Shenton

  5. What is the Right Way to do Childcare Leave?
  6. Charlotte Bell

  7. MaternityCPD / PaternityCPD – Celebrating Choice
  8. Lucy Hemsley

  9. Rate of Return: Investing in Colleagues Returning from Parental Leave
  10. Charlotte Woolley

  11. Work Like You Don’t Have Kids…
  12. Flo Keith

  13. "Family Friendly", or Simply Good Leadership?
  14. Emma Sheppard

  15. Baby, Come Back! Supporting Teachers Returning to the Classroom
  16. Sherish Osman

  17. Time to Say Goodbye?

Jennifer McCloskey

Afterword from Bridget Clay

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