Redbox

Midget wrote: Why the hell would you move into EduIT when you can get £90/day on supply work with New Directions? 90£ a day? This is what a NQT gets on supply, last time I worked for an agency I was on 140£ a day. I don't enjoy my work though, teaching languages to teenagers is like pulling teeth out and don't get me started on the paperwork. To Steve: the school will provide the training, my initial lack of knowledge doesn't seem to bother them too much. Thanks to you and Mark for this info, you guys have been all most helpful.

Thank you very much for all your answers, this is the kind of information and advice I was looking for. I found an A+ manual, not the Myers one but the one 'for dummies' I'll start reading that, but from what I saw this is exactly what I want to learn about. I can self study without any problem. And I'd rather earn less money and do something that doesn't suck my soul on a daily basis. Give me a motherboard and a screwdriver and I shall be a happy bunny. *** To saundersmatt ( You don't seem sure about what you would like to do, if you were really keen on maintaining computer systems you wouldn't even be asking.) You mean if I was really keen on maintaining computer systems, I would not go on an IT professional forum to ask what qualification I should get to achieve this and the best way to go about it? *blinks* Er.....sure, next time I'll just wish very hard for the answer. hmmm...is that what you guys call Fuzzy Logic???

Well since you're having so much fun, I guess I'll introduce myself, yet another "dumb animal", a frog in my case. So unless there's a law that says that teachers are cursed never to have the right to aspire to a change of career - please, be kind enough to tell me if the qualifications quoted in the article would suit someone like me who: knows her way around computers (can build one from scratch) but has got no proof of her IT skills - except for some informal collegues training on interactive whiteboards. My teaching contract ends at the end of the year, and there maybe an opening in my school for an IT technician job and I'm considering going for it, as there will be training involved. Is 14K considered a normal starting salary? It is pretty low - so I'm thinking that I would earn the same amount doing part time supply and instead maybe I would be better off training for specific qualifications - but which ones? Any advice welcome.