Guest Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Hi Well feeling lazy and not done a search yet but wondered if anyone knew the answer to the following? My "friend" on the committee has said it was queried by another comm member about the fact that we thought our supervisor and an ex- colleague (who left at Easter) coud be classed as Sencos. This comm member is from a school background and was under the impression that to be classed as senco that attending only local authority courses was not enough (think supervisor had to attend 4 out of 5 DIFFERENT senco courses). This comm member thought that supervisor needed to attend a course that was run by private firm and that LEA courses just made her SENCo aware. Can anyone clarify for me? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 This might be something that differs from LAs but in my area a named Senco has to have LA training which lasts 4-6 full days and I think that they have to have a level 3 also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I know there are new rules that come into force in September 2009 unsure if they apply to all settings or just schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm SENCO and have attended the training and have level 3. Also attend courses based on inclusion and equality. My ability to do the job has never been questioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Thanks for that. Supervisor has attended all these courses. Think as thi particuar comm member works at a school (yes there are changes for SENCOs there) she tries to apply it at our pre-school. This member got me running around phoning OFSTED etc as she said that all parent helps had to be CRB checked. Will pass this info onto my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) I am just about to do the six SENCO courses that my LA run. When I have done them I will be the SENCO of the setting. samfrostie Edited April 22, 2009 by samfrostie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 My county stopped SENCO training last year. I took over as SENCO at my setting and was told there was no training just the odd support meeting and documents to read. Not very helpful! ppp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 My county stopped SENCO training last year. I took over as SENCO at my setting and was told there was no training just the odd support meeting and documents to read. Not very helpful! ppp Whoa - tht's not good at all. This post has got me thinking - I am our group SENCO - I attended three days training - which was all that was required at the time - haven't updated since - think I need to get some advice on this. Sunnyday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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