[senco-forum] Unqualified teacher[Scanned]

As I understand it the HLTA can be used a leap to teacher status via a
long route and this would certainly put her above TAs.  In fact I have
made our EMA manager sign up to the course for the very reason she needs
to have 'clout' when advising teachers about what they could do better! 

For HLTA there is a very strict set of criteria to complete including
working with a whole class, which in secondary can be more problematic.
However a whole class is determined by the Head and we intend to get
round this by allocating 1/2 a class for PSHE for a year

Susie

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Subject: [senco-forum] Unqualified teacher[Scanned]

One of my colleagues has a bit of a problem. She was a teacher in India

years ago but never bothered to qualify here. She started with us as a
TA but we  
very quickly realised her potential and she is now EMA manager as well
as SEN  
teacher. She achieved a distiction on the STA course then went on to do
the 
OCR  certificate and is now planning to do the diploma. The problem is
that  
apparently you can't work as an unqualified teacher for more than 4
years. After 
 that you have to qualify. She does not want to be a class teacher so
does 
not  want to get QTS. This means she will return to the status of TA
which will 
have  an effect on her status in the school, where she is advising
teachers on 
how to  manage EAL/SEN children, It also means that HLTAs are in effect 
'above' her. I  have suggested she does HLTA which she would easily get
just for 
the status.  Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Many thanks

Janice Rolnick
SENCO/AST

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