Teaching 27 hours a fortnight of non-specialist lessons…

I’m an ECT1, trained as a secondary art teacher. The school I trained in wanted to keep me on, so I interviewed for an art teacher position and was offered role.

The HoD I trained under left at the end of term. She was a photography specialist and solely taught GCSE Photography. I had team taught some photography lessons but my knowledge of the subject was zero as my degree is fine art.

My timetable consists of 27 hours a fortnight of GCSE Photography (sole teacher for Y10 and Y11 with no specialist in school to help), KS3 Resistant Materials and A-Level textiles.

I have 7 hours a fortnight of art timetabled.

No-one else in the school - ECT or not - is timetabled this heavily away from their specialism. I am so angry that I have been gaslit into thinking there was an art teacher job for me and I feel I’m being taken advantage of to plug gaps in the timetable.

Can I please have some advice?