What do you do on your Summer holidays?

Tom Dunne

I am already dreaming of the Summer holidays and I was just wondering what people generally do?

As this is my first year lecturing full time, it will be the first time in my working life that I will have so much time off, come June.

So what do you do? Nixers/part-time work? Travel? The Garden?

Trotter

Hopefully buying a new house in April so thats all of my free time accounted for! As a sub, I wont get paid for the summer so I'll probably do 6 weeks teaching english in a language school.

Trotter

Has anyone here ever corrected the Junior Certs during the holidays?

skywalker

Do full time lecturers in general get 12 paycheques in a year or do they get paid their entire salary during coursetime?

Tom Dunne

That would be 12 pay cheques a year.

skywalker

Ahhh cheers, was just curious. Btw tom Ive taken up the masters in griffith you reccommended a while back, Thanks for that also.

Tom Dunne

skywalker wrote:

Ive taken up the masters in griffith you reccommended a while back, Thanks for that also.

Good. How are you finding it?

skywalker

Good so far, more workload than Id expected. Im taking 2 subjects this term & Im more than kept busy. Still its all good. Certainly glad I took your advice.

kittex

I just got a TEFL job for 6 weeks over the summer. It's mornings only, so that should leave lots of time for the park/garden - if the sun ever shows itself that is.

Trotter

kittex wrote:

I just got a TEFL job for 6 weeks over the summer. It's mornings only, so that should leave lots of time for the park/garden - if the sun ever shows itself that is.

Excellent! What company?
Scuse my noseyness!

TheDriver

Travel and house work that is put off all year. No way to correcting exams!

spurious

I've corrected Junior Cert (and Inter. and Group beforehand) many times.

It suits how I live (getting up early, no kids to mind) and I find it helpful in the classroom. It's absolutely not worth it money-wise, but it is useful. I think every teacher should have corrected at least once.

This year I will be doing some monitoring work for the SEC which will involve visiting schools to check on project work during June. July I will probably take off and August I will spend making up workbooks for the coming year.

Trotter

Well my TEFL Banker just went up in smoke as the kids dont seem to coming this year. Its awful to be hearing this news so late.

Due to post grad commitments I wont be available for work until the end of June so that makes it harder to find a place to keep me busy.

If anyone has any ideas for keeping teachers busy for the summer around the south east, let me know!

kittex

Trotter wrote:

Excellent! What company?
Scuse my noseyness!

No worries at all!

It's just outside Glasgow actually, so probably won't suit you but if you are interested, PM me for the details.

I've seen a couple of summer TEFL jobs in Waterford advertised on the Fas website, if that's any use.

arctic lemur

On an archaeological dig in july/august in Roscommon!

RealJohn

Teaching in an Irish college for June. Take July and August off, maybe a little part-time work to stave off boredom.