Advisory teachers

[crazyunicornlady73]

Hello I'm due to start a job as an advisory teacher for ASD soon, has anybody done this job and can tell me what it was like?

Also, if you have experience of advisory teachers visiting your school, what's the most helpful thing they do?

I want to actually be of some use to schools and not just turn up, recommend a load of strategies they've already tried then leave again and yes we've had a fair few-- of those!!

So I'd love to hear what you'd find really useful...thanks

We have a great C&I advisory teacher who sent me a list of 'things to do before you refer' - I'd already written my own, but I wanted it from a horse's mouth. Therefore all the generic stuff can't be suggested and you get more specific advice for each child.

I personally find it quite difficult when the person advising doesn't really know what it's like working in a school post covid. So, if you've got recent experience of being in actual classrooms, that will help you not advise stuff that is irrelevant.

That's great, thank you.
I have my own class now so hopefully that will help me to be more "real"

Be realistic and remember every strategy you suggest to the teacher probably means them ignoring 30 other kids.

The main thing I’d like is an agreed timetable of support and some training for TAs to help them recognise the children aren’t doing this behaviour on purpose.