[senco-forum] Cover supervision

Sorry, I got carried away by Janice Wray's stirring post!

I have 6 TAs- none of whom have formal HLTA status , although one is an 
ex-teacher, one is going thru the quick route to status - the others are 
either leading TAs ( The Borough has observed them teach and are used as 
exemplars or are in the process of doing a Foundation Degree or our LT has 
observed them and agree that they have the knowledge and skills to take a 
class one session a week). All these 6 Tas do PPA cover

annie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maggie Downie" <maizie2004 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <Janrolnick at aol.com>; <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Cover supervision

> Sorry, I got carried away by Janice Wray's stirring post!
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> As I understand it, cover in primaries is ideally done either by a 
> dedicated teacher or an HLTA.  In theory, an HLTA is perfectly comptent to 
> 'lead' a whole class, this being one of the HLTA standards.  HLTAs are 
> actually allowed to 'teach', Cover Supervisors aren't.  (which is another 
> cause for irritation at the higher 'status' which seems to be accorded to 
> CS's).  HLTAs should also be able to plan and assess.
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> BUT, the remodelling guidance states very clearly that 'cover is not an 
> appropriate use of the HLTA role...' though it seems to me that this 
> guidance is more or less universally ignored, and most HTs seem to think 
> that HLTAs only exist to do cover..
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> Maggie
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> Janrolnick at aol.com wrote: I should have said in my original posting that 
> we are a primary school so I
> am looking for advice from other primaries. I think it is different and in
> some  ways easier in secondary as it is possible to set wok they can get 
> on with
> without input.
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> Janice Rolnick
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