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Teachers and Maternity Leave?

emoseley85emoseley85
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I am a teacher and I know that leagally I can take twelve weeks, but I have to use all my sick leave and go into deduct if I go over what I have saved up... So I am thinking about being gone November 15th - Jan 3rd, I would like to take more since I wont be penalized for Thanksgiving and Christmas... I have my students in mind though and think it would be bad to transition them back after Christmas with a sub then transition to me being back a week or two later...

I don't know!!! Plus, I don't want to go into deduct, I would like to use my short-term disablity check to pay doctor and hospital bills, not just turn it over to the central office to cover my deduct... :(

 Any other teachers? 

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  • BurghBornNRaisedBurghBornNRaised member

    We have to use our sick days first as well so I am planning to return at the start of the second semester -- about the 3rd week January.  As long as everything goes well **fingers crossed** that would even leave me with a few sick days in case I need to take them after I return. 

    Right now I'm in limbo though because my district is facing 20 some furloughs and I'm waiting to find out if I might get cut.  In a way, unemployment would be a "paid maternity leave" of sorts but then again, I don't know when I would be called back.  Huh?


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  • SayAnything84SayAnything84 member

    I am the same situation as you, I have 30 sick days now and will probably only build up to about 33 before baby gets here (as I will have to use half days for Dr. appointments) I would also like to use my short term disability for things other than paying back for sick days. However I 100% know in my heart I will not be ready to come back the first day after Christmas break, and I won't be ready to send my teeny tiny little one to day care yet.

    When it comes to what is best with my students, I don't think the transition back from break will be bad for them with a sub....because they will have already had that sub before break and will know what to expect with him/her (and the sub should have already have had plenty of time to set their expectations/routines).

    Right now I am playing it by ear, but I see myself going back around Jan 15th or somewhere in there


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  • sbelle3sbelle3
    This is my third baby. My maternity leave will be totally unpaid. I'm coming back when I feel ready and my baby is a little bigger (10-12 weeks) I wish I could stay home the rest of the year! Just from my experience:  once the baby comes you are not going to be thinking about your classroom. You are goingto be focused on that baby (and totally sleep deprived) The other thing is, yes, you will use more sick days. Babies get sick, especially if they are in day care. So go ahead and write next year off as a loss. Plan on being out some money. Priorities totally change (if you have children already you already know this!) and you probably won't mind all that much. Of couse, I say this now- remind me when I am BROKE in January!
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  • 25thHour25thHour member
    Because I will only be a 3rd year teacher by the time baby comes, I will only have 5 weeks of combined paid sick/personal days to use. IF baby is born on their due date, or the weekend after, I will only have 2 unpaid days because of Thanksgiving/Christmas break. Luckily, LO is going to be going to my mom's, so I'm hoping I'm okay going back to work when we go back from Christmas break. I know things may change when baby gets here, but this just makes the most sense for me right now.
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  • catch2010catch2010 member

    Talk to your union.  I can apply to my union after my sick leave runs out to cover the remaining 6-8 weeks.  According to FMLA, I can take around 12 weeks, but the union will only cover this much.  It's better than nothing!

    I'm planning on coming back 2-3 weeks before our major state testing in March.  If you get a good sub, the kids aren't going to be scarred.  You have your own kid to worry about now.  :)

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  • bellapupbellapup member
    I am actually thinking just like you.  I would like to take more time off, but I think it would be nice to come back right after x-mas break. 
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  • aljones12aljones12 member
    Yeah, I'm in the same boat as you guys. I think I will have 34 days saved up by the time baby comes, because we get 10 each year (right now I'm at 24). Anyway, if baby comes early, I may have to take an extra week and get docked pay. I'd rather not go back to work before Christmas break, so I might end up paying in the end for a week or so. I think it will probably be worth it!
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  • Mookie1226Mookie1226 member
    We are allowed to take a maternity leave up until the baby's first birthday.  Obviously, it's unpaid, but at least I'll have my job back (if I decide to come back!) I started selling Mary Kay in April in hopes that I could build business up enough this summer and maybe not have to come back!  I will likely not make any decisions about my return until the baby is here.  Then, and only then, will I make a decision!!!  Besides...God first, Family second, Career third! :)
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