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Cloverlea Primary School, Palmerston North has 1x Librarian, 5x Teacher Aides and 1x Office Manager.From our teacher aides the following comments were made:Most of the children who are identified as…Continue

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Started this discussion. Last reply by Dianne Jordan Mar 18, 2010.

 

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Dianne Jordan replied to Dianne Jordan's discussion 'National Standards discussion'
Hi Sharyn, I think the teacher aide, who made the orginal comments, was meaning that students already struggling would be worse off. Pressure to perform would put them under more stress and they could just give up. Teacher Aides, like teachers, get…
Mar 18, 2010
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Sharyn Gibbons - Wellington replied to Dianne Jordan's discussion 'National Standards discussion'
Many thanks for your contributions Diane. Are you able to explain a bit more about what you mean about 'learning looses'? I think I understand where you are coming from but just wanted to be accurate. Sharyn
Mar 18, 2010
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Ann Hoglund replied to Dianne Jordan's discussion 'National Standards discussion'
Hi Dianne Yes it certainly opens a can of worms doesn't it, all the more important for Support Staff to be very aware of how all this will affect them and also letting the teachers in your school know that it will affect you and that you are…
Mar 18, 2010
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National Standards discussion

Cloverlea Primary School, Palmerston North has 1x Librarian, 5x Teacher Aides and 1x Office Manager.From our teacher aides the following comments were made:Most of the children who are identified as "under achieving" will already be in small group programmes with Teacher Aides, targeted to their school/strategy levels.  It seems that these children will now be targeted to solely focus on their age group national standard, in some cases much higher than their learning level.  These children…See More
Discussion posted by Dianne Jordan Mar 18, 2010

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