Just the Teaching Assistant

HLTA.Want to know what a school is really like? Ask the Teaching Assistant.

[Just the Teaching Assistant @teaching_just]

@Headteacherchat @HLTAUK No, it’s not fair. HLTAs are not paid for this, the role described is a TEACHER job share.

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@RogersHistory Can’t afford TAs to be only anything other than minimum wage though

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@ICT_MrP Also, it will be the TAs that cover ! They should, of course , have the same flexibility but somehow us lowest wage lot never seem to get that.

[Just the Teaching Assistant @teaching_just]

@ICT_MrP There should be a degree of flexibility, my god, teachers go above and beyond. But not so that there is regular time off. Not fair on the class.

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@UnofficialOA This sounds very familiar

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@Southgloshead That really is pissing the night away

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My headteacher sometimes (quite often)isn’t in school and nobody says where he is. We had 8 staff off last week in a small school and he still wasn’t in. Feels a bit odd?

[Just the Teaching Assistant @teaching_just]

@Hannah_Digest I’ve just resigned .
After 8 years.

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@Hannah_Digest Because the job is too much now .

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@educationgovuk Embarrassing

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@SchoolsWeek So. More TAs and HLTAs covering classes for not much more than minimum wage then..

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@John_Dabell Been thinking about you a lot , thank you for sharing , sending love .

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@xAimieCrewex I remember a child telling me their dad had died and mine bad too and I just wanted to sob and hug them .

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@xAimieCrewex It’s the having to have composure and show no emotion in front of children that’s what makes it a different job to others

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@EnajaratG @Headteacherchat I fed back that our Christmas do out priced a lot of staff and it was making us feel crap and the head teacher said he was just glad someone had organised it .

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@Headteacherchat Thanks to the OP for being so considerate, it’s so important these things are inclusive .

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@LeeBraganza We had this list , what on earth do you do if you haven’t paid to clean?!

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Genuinely don’t know if it’s normal
To have their stuff about ..

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@Southgloshead I always read “ Derek Drew” and the children always gasp at Mrs Butler’s responses. Great fun.

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@GaryRobertsIOM @MichaelRosenYes I do this too !