When you don't have a cover lesson??

[abraeagle]

Hi there,

I'm currently employed under the title of "Learning Tutor" which seems to be a title they have dreamed up to cover a multitude of roles.
My primary responsibility is covering lessons, which often I do for most of the day. However, between lessons I am expected to offer classroom support and after school for an hour a update displays around school. I am payed 13500.

I was wonder what other CS's do between cover lessons?? I know before now cover supervisor at my school got to relax for those lessons, of just catch up on admin, which takes in honesty 10 minutes to write up a few detentions or incident forms.

Also do you think I should be offered training or higher pay since I am in lessons every lesson and offering in-classroom support, a like to a TA?

Thanks

Abra.

[julieg]

Do you have a job description to refer to for duties? If not, it may be as well to request one so thay you are clearer about the duties you have agreed to undertake.
In our school, when we are not covering we : support other cover supervisors in their lessons, especially tricky ones.
admin tasks for our allocated curriculum areas.
research etc relevant to targets on pdr.
personal admin.

We do not currently support students in lessons other than in the lessons we are covering - out TAs are paid a higher grade and are trained for that specific role - however, maybe the TAs in your school are on a similar pay grade to cover supervisors? If they get paid more, maybe you should think about asking for the extra pay and training for when you support students - that would seem only fair!

[Firstwatch]

It is a good point raised by the colleague, a duty list/U.T.D. job description is a good idea.

I'm one of my school's more experienced first aiders, so lately I'm being asked to log in to a spare computer in the office and be on hand to deal with students that come down with various issues. The long term idea is that we have a duty rota for this so it becomes one of our "5 a day" teaching periods.

Other CSs with us are Form tutors, for example, so spend there free periods dealing with issues relating to their students, however the ones who do this(be form tutors) are paid a bit more for doing so.

Last week I have been supporting a new CS who has just joined us, and as such does not know the students yet....very helpful knowing their names and having been patching them up for a couple of years...

It sounds like you may be unhappy with your workload - I myself often try to have an "innocent" conversation with the colleagues on my level to see what they are doing and what they think of it, if they like it, what they would prefer to be doing....this can give you the basis of an informed conversation with your Line Manager who may appreciate you taking an interest and getting involved and give you the opportunities to address your professional development with them.