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Suggestion - Promoting Helpqa.

Okay, testing the invite thing... @Padre_J_Roulston @HelpBot @DocteurRalph @soco @Yeti. @Rockster160

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Suggestion - Promoting Helpqa.

soco wrote:

Yeti. wrote:
In a minute. Premature post. ^_^'

Premature post... Were you looking at naked pictures of Docteur Ralph again...?!?

Touché. Off to rinse my brain now.

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Suggestion - Promoting Helpqa.

In a minute. Premature post. ^_^'

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So I decided to go into teaching special needs...

Dolly wrote:
So in the class I work in there was originally one unqualified teacher, one higher level teaching assistant and two teaching assistants (one being me) which totalled four staff all epilepsy trained one first aid trained. Nine students all about 17 and all with special needs most autistic, four with epilepsy.
The epilepsy training stated this was the correct staffing for a class with such high percentage of epilepsy.

When a student has a seizure we need one staff to stay directly with him timing and monitoring consciousness. One staff must leave to get emergency medication. One staff must be available to remove other students (remembering another student could have a seizure so more staff need to be found/ join another class) someone must be available to call the ambulance out if required.

They are saying it's okay just call for help. But calling would require leaving a student having a fit on the floor so seems a scary unrealistic idea :(

Alright, that sounds quite optimised. What's the current situation - how many on your staff, and trained?
Is the emergency medication nearby, or on the other side of the place in some cabinet? Are there other classes nearby, are they also understaffed? Can the person going for medication or on standby make the call, on cue from the one monitoring? (Don't think that'd be fit to multitask, pressure and all.)
I understand it's scary. However, I believe that if you have a more substantial backup plan for the worst case scenario, it'll ease somewhat. 'fcourse, preferably whilst giving voice to the complexity of the situation till it changes for the better.
They're 17? Is there any issue with violent disposition? Have a preadolescent cousin, when he's running amok a single lapse in attention by his supervisors could spell calamity.

Dolly wrote:
At the moment I am thinking get the funded training from this school do it in one year then get out as quick as possible! In the hope that there is a school somewhere that wouldn't leave me in that situation where I feel student safety is put at risk

Aye, that's a good plan, as long as you're sufficiently comfortable with the everyday situation. (As one teacher used to say, sleeping soundly at night.)

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So I decided to go into teaching special needs...

soco wrote:
Why was Helpy summoned?

Dear helpbot sees the truth of one's heart, beyond their mind, appearing wherever xe might be needed.
(Guessing that'd be "worry", but the tag alone didn't do anything in my test.)

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Heyooo

Ah well. We'll get to meet everyone eventually in the helpcom reunion, some sunny day.

Indeed? If not through school, what kind of linguistics work are you referring to? Textbooks?
There's always someone better, yet motivation decides in the end. If you fail, you get back up. Try a different approach when needed. It's alright to be concerned regarding competition, as long as it doesn't affect your performance & plans excessively in the long term.

If conversation helps, feel free to drop by for a spell and speak your mind. It's what we're here for. And then return to your studies. ☺

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So I decided to go into teaching special needs...

Am unfamiliar with special needs education (so just 2c here). How much of a transgression is it, what's the reasoning behind it, what could it entail?
Have you gotten to know any coworkers in a similar position so far?

Have never heard of a company which has rules and, behind the veil of internal workings, follows them to the letter. Hard pressed to find anyone who even knows them that well. As a soldier, I was taught always to follow orders, even when illegal, except for "blatantly illegal" ones, meaning those which any person in their right mind would refuse. Notwithstanding, I would consider every action: request justification, refuse if deemed necessary (beyond basic immorality), send gripes in superiors' directions - sometimes it helped in altering the path.

Seconding union - if you have it, they ought to hold back the brunt of the haling.
But since you're getting extra responsibility for a low pay (taking benefits into account however), ought to inquire, at least, into alternatives. That sorta situation feels like sponsoring corruption in others, to me.

Didn't understand what "you have the phone" means - as in, to call someone for assistance by yourself?

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Heyooo

Pianoman91894 wrote:
Nah, I don't think that's Ikari. He actually lived in my city in the old days, no idea if that's still the case.

僕の日本語はまあまあだと思うけど、今僕の大学で四年生の日本語の学生だよ。その内僕もＪＬＰＴを受けたいだが、まだＮ４を受かれないだろう。
All they require for me to enter the program is a bachelors, but by the time I apply I'll have about 6 years of teaching experience in piano, a basic TEFL certificate, and I just recently started working as an assistant ESL teacher, which is a job I hope to keep up to the point where I leave. So I'm hoping all of those factors combined will make me a likely candidate.

Huh, small world. Did you meet in person afterwards?

Test or not, that sounds like somewhat of a working knowledge. Back in my university there was only this one semester course (~10hrs a week), which a friend claimed wasn't all that helpful. Maybe more were available for other majors.
That's quite the list, considering you've yet to reach 25. 'round here the average kid likely would have achieved nothing more than a few years of service, a degree and maybe some time in a completely irrelevant job(s) in the food industry to make ends meet. You've gotta strut that stuff with a hefty dose of confidence and they won't be able to turn you down.

Hope you're not undergoing excessive stress... for what it's worth, rooting for you here.

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Before December gets here I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

Just here to drop off a tray of premature Awkward Hanukkah doughnuts and run for the hills:

http://www.elcivics.com/images/jelly-donuts-han...

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Heyooo

Pianoman91894 wrote:
Why hello! It's certainly been a while. Recently it's just been college and work. I'm a semester out from graduating, then I'm hoping to nail an English teaching assistant job in Japan. What's been up with you??

Thanks! I definitely want to get over there in the next year or so... The program I'm looking at doesn't tend to take anyone older than 25, and I'm not too far off from that. Here's hoping everything goes to plan...

That's fantastic.
ピアノさん、日本語はどう？
Longtime fan of japanese culture and all, been studying some jlpt material for a few months. Too timid to leave home for a visit, nor talking to anyone if I had.
May it work out well for ya. Any other requirements remaining to be met? Does your experience as pianist count for anything? (or is a relevant occupation yonder?)

DocteurRalph wrote:
There's a guy on kickstarter named Ikari from Glasgow, UK trying to raise money for some oveanwaves project. Is that him?

Unlikely. Commander ikari is a pseudonym - a character in a series. 😊

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