Stj911: Reader's Comment, Hey politicians, leave those teachers alone, Jane Caro

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Teacher's Aide: The three teachers at my small regional school have to prepare for more than one grade level across all disciplines.

I work as an aide in a small regional school of under eighty students.

The teachers at my school are very capable and experienced and include university medalists.

At the beginning of the year enrolments were low, so only three classes comprising multiple grades, were formed.

This required all teachers to prepare for more than one grade level, across all the disciplines the students are taught - such as math, literacy, HSIE art, etc.

In essence, they have to deliver two teachers, work, simultaneously.

Of the children attending the school, there are four students with autism, two others with other 'spectrum' disorders, several children with marked speech problems, at least two with Oppositional Defiance Disorder, plus a raft of children with emotional, behavioural and learning issues, most of whom don't qualify for any special assistance.

To add to the stresses our teachers face, the school has been broken into on at least five occasions with property damage.