[senco-forum] SEN Administration

I used to have 13 hours per week admin support, but she got a TA post 
at another school and wasn't replaced. I now have help from the 
resources assistant, but only if she does not have photocopying to do. 
I've been getting up at 3.00a.m. and going to bed at midnight for weeks 
now just so that I can keep up with the paperwork. I have made 
necessary noises, but no changes yet!!!
Julie

----Original Message----
From: lucass at loretto.com
Date: 21-Mar-2007 17:27
To: "Molly Bertrand"<Mbertrand at kidbrooke.greenwich.sch.uk>, <senco-
forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Subj: RE: [senco-forum] SEN Administration - waht help do you get?

Beware - 
Around November - just as I got all the Exam preps and the Pupil List
(register) up to date - complete break down - okay, just high
anxiety/stress - but off work for 3 weeks and then off for 4 weeks 
hols
(or would have been off longer) and just got back into the way of 
things
in February.

I have two afternoons of Admin Support (just put in as it happened!) 
and
now have one extra teacher due to the workload since it happened.

Also, cutting back on what I do e.g. requests for exam access
arrangements to the Exam Officer - see JCQ regs! (we are getting a new
chap) -

Have now 2 ESL colleagues and 3 Support teachers - not all full time
though -
But we are a small secondary school and just getting overwhelmed - 

All the best - but at some stage think about a new model -

My new model (waiting to be implemented) is the NHS model i.e. a 
waiting
list!!!

All the best and watch how it goes.
Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Molly
Bertrand
Sent: 21 March 2007 16:24
To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: [senco-forum] SEN Administration - waht help do you get?

I am a SENCO in a large secondary school with about 20 statements, 500
on the SEN register.  I manage 15 Teaching Assistants and 3 teachers. 
I
also teach drama for 14 lessons a week.  I have 2 hours clerical 
support
and am completely snowed under.  I am keen to know what kinds of 
levels
of admin support others get.  Who out there has a full-time admin
assistant?  Who else would like one?

Molly Bertrand

SENCO

Kidbrooke School

Tel: 020 8516 7977 ext 137

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