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Gaye Parlane commented on Marcia Murphy's blog post Support Staff may be replaced with students"John the knee jerk reaction is from you!! This is a fact in ChCh that support staff are having their hours reduced and students are required to do the work eg working in the Library. I agree that the interaction with students assisting is great but…"
John Ferguson commented on Marcia Murphy's blog post Support Staff may be replaced with students"Students at my school work very well with the younger kids and get some pretty amazing results. The students that have been accepted onto the programme are selected for their maturity and how well they interact with the youger students. Another knee…"
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I was very upset to read that with Support Staff being reduced in our Schools, students may take up some of the work.Well don't all staff have to be Police checked before they work in a school .Are students going to be Police checked? Are the at "risk students "going to be working closely with at "risk students". I have worked at a Teacher Aide for 12 years. I know what our youth can be like. eg I would not touch a Student even to touch an arm you can be accused of inappropriate touching.…See More
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I was very upset to read that with Support Staff being reduced in our Schools, students may take up some of the work.Well don't all staff have to be Police checked before they work in a school .Are students going to be Police checked? Are the at "risk students "going to be working closely with at "risk students". I have worked at a Teacher Aide for 12 years. I know what our youth can be like. eg I would not touch a Student even to touch an arm you can be accused of inappropriate touching.… Continue
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