Activities - Minutes

Secondary Cluster Meeting - 15/09/05

Schools attending:

• Hartshead Sports College
• St Damians Science College

Agenda:

• General introduction
• Induction: supporting statemented pupils in mainstream
• General information that was relevant to TAs and SSAs
• Trish Farrell, SSA discussed issues of in class support
• Questionnaire distributed see enclosed
• Asked to jot down one issue of concern re: in class support

Replies:

• Pupil not doing as told
• Keeping pupils in the classroom
• When they refuse point blank to do what you say, advice
• Splitting yourself four different ways
• Childs attitude to adults and school
• Subject knowledge
• Not knowing the teachers perspective of you
• Supporting a pupil who is easily distracted or will deliberately find a distraction

Next meeting

Date: 11/11/05
Venue: Hartshead Sports College