I am also involved in the planning to cater for the needs for my group of seven children who have special needs. I assess and record the children's progress as well as set targets through Individual Education Plans termly.
I think classroom assistants are taken advantage of and are expected to do a lot more than they are paid for. But what is going to be done about this?
I know I am only one of thousands of nursery nurses being treated like this. The question I ask myself is why did I go to college full-time for two years and yet earn a wage I could have got by working in the local shop since leaving school? The answer is the love of children.
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