Originally Posted by
The One Who
At no point in my schooling did I have a teaching assistant in the room. In primary my class was large and so was split (with another teacher taking one group) for maths and English, but that's all. My secondary had specialist teachers who were there for those pupils who needed extra/special support.
Maybe the schools need to look at how their teachers are managing their time and what their duties actually consist of.
They spend their time planning lessons, differentiating each lesson plan for assorted special needs, following up on punishments such as detentions, following up on particular children for whatever reason, collecting and probably hauling around eqipment for the next lesson, usually writing some reports for someone and an assorted other things.
When in the classroom they are trying to ensure everyone of the learning styles are covered and that each child with their individual needs understands the tasks, stopping little tim from bouncing off the walls due to his adhd, little janey who is crying because barry said something to her, helping lizzy with her work becuase she has down syndrome, make sure jess's work ia challemging her because she is "gifted"
So on and so forth