[senco-forum] negative attitude

The CSAs do a difficult job, often having little or no time off during the
day. They are often with the most difficult groups and in most cases have
less status than teachers. On top of this their pay is low. There are many
dedicated TAs and some less so, as in any line of work. Under these
circumstances there is a real temptation to become negative.
The skill of management is to help a team realise that this, understandable
attitude, actually makes their situation worse and give them strategies to
deal with this.
To raise this point is to be a good manager with a realistic outlook. It is
not a criticism in my opinion, and should not have been considered so.

P.Smith (SENCO)

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From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of WrayJanice Wray
Sent: 09 June 2006 12:28
To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: [senco-forum] negative attitude - past posting

In May I posted a note about the negative attitude that my T.A team have 
developed recently. Today, in school, I received a very nasty letter and a 
copy of my e-mail. The letter purported to be from an Essex school  governor

and was extremely critical of me, my leadership and my attitude. NOW - 
Whoever this governor is who is on the forum - you should have the guts to 
write to me and SIGN the letter please. You are writing from a position of 
ignorance.
My first act was to tear the letter up but then I thought No - the forum is 
a place where we sencos can talk to each other in confidence and we are 
given loads of help and advice. It is this kind of eavesdropping on our 
conversations which has caused people in the past to either leave the forum 
or not to post certain replies in case there are consequences.
I support the work of the senco forum wholeheartedly and we all work 
extremely hard for our children.
So - whoever you are - have the guts to reply to me on the forum and in 
public with your criticisms please and not write what amounts to a poison 
pen letter.
I The envelope was marked with a  Harlow Council stamp and marked privte and

very confidential.
I have been a parent governor in two schools, worked as a T.A. for 2 years 
as well as being a teacher and working currently as a senco.
I am incandescent with rage in fact.
Janice Wray
So now, I obviously have to take my signature off my e-mails so that no-one 
else can write me a poison pen letter.

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