50 signatures reached
To: Education Secretary
Give Teaching Assistants a well earned payrise!
I would like the Education Secretary to recognise and appreciate the hard work that all Teaching Assistants do on a day to day basis and give them a decent living wage.
Why is this important?
Teaching Assistants are extremely valuable staff members within schools that have to take on so many different roles to cope with the growing numbers of children's needs. They need to have the same skills as: counsellors, nurses, social workers and physcologists as well as teaching and nurturing children to their full potential. They currently do not get an annual pay rise, in line with inflation and other rising costs.
Only yesterday, I was trying to control a number of children who were screaming, jumping on tables and kicking a classroom door. Teaching assistants frequently have to deal with aggressive and sometimes violent behaviour, be it verbal or physical, often without proper training. The government's cuts to school's budgets have affected their ability to fund new resources and training which can leave staff vunerable. This also does nothing for their self esteem!!
Please help these staff whom your children's teachers rely on!! Thank you :)
