In QLD we get 12 weeks full pay or 24 weeks half pay. The same rule applies for the holidays as in NSW- it's full pay. My registrar is currently working out what will be best for me in terms of mat leave as I don't really know all the ins and outs.
I teach Prep in QLD and have to 'plan to finish' at 34 weeks. Closer to the time though, your ob can write a letter if he/she thinks you can work a bit longer. I'm hoping to work up to 35 weeks as it coincides with the June/July holidays. Boy it's been hard work though- especially when I've been feeling so sick and tired.
just wanting some advice - last year i took mat leave from nov and dd was born end of nov. after loosing our little angel after her 2 1/2 week fight i took on a new position at a new school and started there this year teaching grade 1/2. i chose a new school as i thought it would be a bit of a new start etc.. but am really hating it - really disorganised and not much support. i have recently found out that i am pg again - around 6 weeks which is really exciting but now not sure what to do with work. if i finished at the end of next term i would only be around 20 weeks - can u start mat leave that early? i'm not sure? can u do crt work part time and then take the paid mat leave closer to 34 weeks? not sure if anyone will be able to answer these questions but just thought i'd see.
I need some urgent advice. As I am extremely stressed at the moment!
I am also a teacher, currently teaching k/1, in an isoslated rural school. I am currently 35 weeks pregnant (nearly 36 weeks) and have been feeling fantastic up until today when I had a big blue with the principal. I'm not due to go on leave, until I am 38 weeks, which is 2 and a half weeks away. Last term I asked my principal if I could use some of my incentive leave (which I get for working in an isoslated school in NSW) to travel to a friend's wedding. The leave I required is on the Monday and Friday before my maternity leave starts. My principal had not confirmed with me whether he was able to get a casual for the days I wanted off, so I asked him about it again today. He basically told me I was rude and incosiderate for wanting to take leave just before my maternity leave starts. Unfortunately, my friend is having a shot gun wedding, because she too, has fallen pregnant and wants to get married before she has the baby. So I didn't get much notice, otherwise I would have taken maternity 1 week earlier. In addition, to calling me rude he also questioned my priorities as a mother to be, going away three weeks before the baby is to born. Which I had already checked with OB and he said, as long as we had plently of stops I should be fine. In the end, he basically told me that if I wanted the time off, I have to amend my maternity leave and start it now. I have felt physically sick and have had diarrhoea since leaving his office this morning and don't want to go back to work now becuase he was so horrible to me and has made me feel uncomfortable and unwelcome at work. What do you think I should do? There is no one I can talk to at work because there are only three teachers in the school and one of them is an older lady who thinks I should have stopped working at 30 weeks.
I would go on mat leave now hun! stress like this is no good for you at this stage in pregnancy. Most people would have finished earlier than this so he should be glad you have stayed this long.
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