How do I prepare for the MTEL?

How do I prepare for the MTEL?

Preparing for the MTEL

1. Educate yourself about state requirements.
2. Gather materials and read through them thoroughly. Review the MTEL Test Information Guide and Test Objectives.
3. Be wise about registering for tests.
4. Practice taking sample tests via the Practice Tests on the MTEL website.

How much notice do you have to give as a teaching assistant?

Support staff may give notice to leave at any time. Periods of notice required vary and schools should check contractual requirements. The minimum period of notice required by national conditions of service is the period between pay periods – this will normally be one month or four weeks.

How do you work out pro rata pay as a teaching assistant?

Now follow the five calculation steps:

1. Divide the full time annual salary by 52.
2. Divide that answer by the full time number of hours (this will give you the hourly rate)
3. Multiply the hourly rate by the number of hours you work each week (this will give you a weekly salary)

How do you work out pro rata pay for term time only?

If it is to be pro rated it would be multiplied by 39/52 (for term time weeks) x 20/35 ( for hours). Sometimes the total is payable evenly over 12 months rather than just over termtime.

How many weeks do you get paid for term time only?

For example – if an employee on a Term-time Only contract for 38 weeks and there is an Annual Leave entitlement of 6 weeks, then the employee must be paid for 38 weeks, plus their Annual Leave entitlement (reduced on a pro rata basis).

Do Term time only employees get holiday?

The term-time contract # Holiday entitlement suffers from a lack of legal clarity. Term-timers are in continuous employment, unable to claim out-of-work but able to claim in-work benefits. It follows that they should accrue holiday throughout the year.

How are term time only staff paid?

1.1 Term-time only (TTO) employees are staff that are principally employed to work only during periods in which schools are open. In most organisations, the standard approach for TTO employees is to calculate their pay on an annual basis and then pay over twelve equal monthly instalments.

How many days holiday do you accrue per month?

Accrual system Under this system, a worker gets one-twelfth of their leave in each month. Example Someone works a 5-day week and is entitled to 28 days’ annual leave a year. After their third month in the job, they’d be entitled to 7 days’ leave (a quarter of their total leave, or 28 ÷ 12 × 3).

How do Term time only contracts work?

Term Time Only Contracts 1.1 What is a term time only (TTO) contract? A TTO contract allows a member of staff to work in term time only but be paid throughout the year in equal monthly payments. The arrangement allows the employee to remain on a continuous contract that carries on through the school holidays.

Can I request to work term time only?

Applying to work term-time An application to work term-time only is essentially a request for flexible working and can therefore be made by any employee who has accrued 26 weeks service.