Nursery World - An insult to us all

I have been a classroom assistant for just over a year. I love my job, but in no way do I think it compares to the teacher's role in the classroom. In my opinion it is an insult to teachers to suggest classroom assistants could do their job. But it is an insult to classroom assistants too, as we have a very different role to play in helping pupils and teaching staff.

In my opinion it is an insult to teachers to suggest classroom assistants could do their job. But it is an insult to classroom assistants too, as we have a very different role to play in helping pupils and teaching staff.

For the Government to expect classroom assistants to teach for no increase in salary is also an insult. In my school it has been proposed that classroom assistants should write children's Individual Education Plans (IEPs). I am very much against this, although I think teachers should consult us when the IEPs are being written.

If teachers spent less time on administration generated by the Government, they would be able to spend more time planning lessons and being in the classroom.

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