[senco-forum] cover supervisors and HLTA

Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:13:44 -0400

Why do you get paid more just for standing in front of a class?!! The education world is bonkers...

Maggie

WrayJanice Wray <jwwray14 at hotmail.com> wrote:    P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma }  
My school took on 4 cover supervisors and immediately gave them H4 which was a higher pay scale than my TAs who were on H2 and H3. So I went to the Head and asked for my TA to have parity of pay - after all they do a lot more for the children than a cover supervisor. He agreed that if my TAs would act as cover supervisors in lessons where I had already timetabled them, then they could have H4 as well. They are acting as HLTAs in fact. That is actually quite good because my girls know the pupils, know the work, know the teachers and so instead of a wasted lesson with a cover supervisor who just doles out work, the pupils get  a decent lesson. 
 Actually the cover supervisors don't just hand out work - we have witnessed them 'teaching' and actually giving the pupils' wrong information !!!!!!!!! 
 Hey ho
 Janice
Janice Wray Secondary SENCO, Herts

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 > From: Janrolnick at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:13:44 -0400
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] cover supervisors and HLTA
> To: maizie2004 at yahoo.co.uk; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
> CC: 
> 
> Who does cover supervision in your school? In our school (primary) it is 
> the TAs. The trouble is they are all allocated to classes who then lose their 
> support when theyare needed for cover supervision. This year they have 
> occasionally been taken from statementd children (usially when I'm not there as I an 
> part time)which in my opinion is totally unacceptable ( although there are 2 
> children whose support is never taken away beacuse they can't be left).
> 
> I spoke to the head yesterday but we can't see a way round it. The problem 
> is PPA time which has to be covered. We can more or less manage this without 
> using TAs but when there is additional staff absence resources get thin and we 
> have to use them. The head has agreed he will use people not with statementd 
> pupils as a first call. Does anyone have any good ideas how we can get round 
> this?
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> 
> Janice Rolnick
> SENCO/AST
> 
> 
> 
> 

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