[senco-forum] SENCo non-contact time

From: "Mary Kelly" <mary.kelly4 at ntlworld.com>

I am SENCo in large secondary including 6th form. 200 on register ,23 
statements ,I am also 1 of 5 designated CP officers in school, have say in 
curriculum issues ,fortnightly meetings with head to discuss SEN issues. 
line manage 15 TA , 2 Behaviour support assistant who have parttime admin 
support,one school nurse and I have a full time admin office manager. I 
teach 4 small group sessions that are timetabled contact time. That is the 
only timetabled contact time that I have and that is with SEN students. the 
other 21 lessons in the week are at my disposal to see students as I need to 
,to do reviews ,meet with parents ,to do assessments,assist and advise 
colleagues both in and out of the class and all the other stuff that SENCOs 
have to do.

Gaynor

>From: "Mary Kelly" <mary.kelly4 at ntlworld.com>
>To: <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
>Subject: [senco-forum] SENCo non-contact time
>Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:49:54 -0000
>
>I asked for some data on this a few days ago. I’ve had ten replies and 
>there
>is huge variation. Some people have as many as 16 children on the SEN
>register per hour they get for SENCo work; one person is lucky enough to 
>get
>an hour for every 3.5 SEN children, but the average is about ten. I thought
>people might be interested to know this.
>Best wishes,
>Mary
>
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