Any teachers around?

[Martha200]

Not really about me, but my 'little' sister NQT, has just (well officially tomorrow) starts at her school and she spent her time in the holidays or inset day, as the school printers were down doing her displays on her printer, as she needed them done but of course it was her ink, paper etc. Is that something she should accept or is it possible to get something back in return? She hasn't complained but I feel a bit sorry for her as I know she is a strapped for cash at the moment and the effort she has put into it knowing the school still expected her to do a display etc but not have the facilities to help her seems a bit off.

Curious to know if many teachers pay for things out of their pocket a lot of the time now?

How can you have admin staff do your displays. Fine, they can back and border your boards, but only teachers and students can put together the actual displays.

TAs and admin staff put the stuff up on the board Squeaky. Obviously, the students prepare the work to go on the boards.

So it's not much to write home about.

I don't see how you can work 2 weeks ahead. Obviously you have your medium term plan but on a weekly basis it depends on their understanding etc, you need to adapt to the children.
I can't ask the TA to do a board because I don't know in advance; I get my best creative ideas when I am doing it! It often ends up very differently from the way I envisaged when I started!

Once the work was prepared, it still used to take me a couple of hours to mount it, back the board, make labels, arrange it etc. so a TA or admin support person doing it saves me at least a couple of hours every time! Definitely worth it as far as I'm concerned

I pay for quite a lot at school. My old school was bankrupt and most of us were printing at home for displays and things as the school did not have the facilties.

I know we are not meant to do displays but I enjoy doing them and teaching is one of those jobs where you have to do above the expcted.

So it sounds like my sister has picked an 'interesting' Head to land with and nice to know my sister isn't the only one who thinks it's madness this 2 weeks ahead planning, because as she said she will have to replan on top.

About the original question - the best I managed to come up with is taking a ream of paper quite openly and saying it's to replace what I've used at home.

I take paper as well if it is needed.