Teaching assistant job need help

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Hello all .
I recently started vol in primary school and Vol for 3 full days for a month.I contacted agencies to offer me some supply work .Today I went to the Vol co .ordinator and asked for refrence .The coordinator refuses and says unless you are in school for atleast 3 months or 6 months Vol we cant give a refrence.This this the norm or she is just being unreasonable .How you someone Vol for 6 months when she is not even paying the travel

People volunteer for years to become TAs. It's an absolute mug's game.

Possible as you have only volunteered for around 15 days - they might feel like they can’t give you an accurate reference after this time. Would one of the teachers you volunteered with in class be happy to give you a reference? You could ask them, although they might have to pass it by the head first.

Asking a person to vouch for someone else in this situation carries rather a lot of responsibility. How can they do this when you've only been there 5 minutes! Also, maybe they're pissed of with people using them for a reference after 5 minutes then buggering off. Who would expect travel expenses fgs!!

You haven’t been there long enough! Six months to a year for a reference. I volunteer for CAB and they do pay travel. Never heard of schools paying for travel?

You want a school to pay your travel expenses?!

You really don’t want to go into teaching / TA then. We spend lots on classroom equipment school don’t provide for us.