Victorian teacher: I don't even bother to look for teaching work any more

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Victorian teacher: I don't even bother to look for teaching work any more.

I left a secure job eight years ago, after graduating with a Bachelor of Education, and being registered as a Victorian Teacher (prep to year 10).

I have only ever been able to obtain relief teaching, as applications in the first year did not result in securing ongoing employment or even contracts.

It has been the same every year since, where there has been such long periods of no employment in teaching (schools shut down in December and often don't employ relief teacher's until the second semester), that I have had no choice but to take up contracts in administration work.

My CV has been totally chequered with short term contracts ever since I graduated (prior to that I was in jobs for 3 years, and 5 years and 9 years), so it turned out to be an extremely bad career move.

Although I have current registration I don't even bother to look for teaching work any more.

The irony of it all is that when I did teach, I mostly got great feedback from the schools and agency (and the children liked me), but it just did not translate to secure employment.