2weeks notice!

[VN2016]

So as I must imagine that every school nurse is on a teachers pay scale and getting summers paid....when is a good time to put in a 2 weeks notice....

Would you put it in before current school year is over, during the summer or when this coming school year starts????

[OldDude]

Do you sign an annual employment contract where you are working now?

[SnowyJ, RN]

I am not on the teachers pay schedule. I work a different job over the summer.

BUT having started my job with zero orientation because the previous nurse resigned in August, I would make an effort to resign at the end of the school year so that I could help my replacement. At least a little!

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

Do you sign an annual employment contract where you are working now?

This.

If you do, you can tell them you are not coming back next year any time. This is the month they do new contracts in my school, so this is when most teachers/staff who are not returning tell the school. It doesn't affect the rest of the contract, which runs through the end of July. But every district/school is different.

[Eleven011]

Every school nurse is not on the teachers pay scale.

If I knew at the end of the school year that I would not be coming back, I would definitely resign before August, that's pretty rude. Do you have another job lined up that you have a start date for?

[VN2016]

Do you sign an annual employment contract where you are working now?

No....I didn't sign anything

[OldDude]

OK, my suggestion would be to go ahead and give your notice now, effective at the end of this school year. That would give them time to hire someone and maybe get a little orientation from you before you leave; if they were compelled to do so. Plus you would leave in good standing with your current employer.

[Supernrse01, BSN]

I say if you know you are leaving now, then you should go ahead and give your notice. Like OldDude said, that gives them a little more time to post the job, interview, hire, and maybe give the new nurse a bit of an orientation.

All new hires here are voted on by our Board of Education members, so if it were me, I would need to give my notice in plenty of time for it to be discussed at the next board meeting, which happens on the second Monday of the month. I think they would appreciate an advanced heads up rather than me waiting until the start of the next year.

[nursmimi, BSN, RN]

Not on teacher payscale, but I do sign a contract for the next school year each April. I would give the notice now. When the nurse before me left, she gave 2 weeks notice. I started the day after she left with only the principal to show me "what to do". It was alot of calling my state school nurse consultant and learning on my own kinda thing. This is the end of my second year here and I'm still learning!