HLTA Pay

[administrator]

I'm an HLTA and I'm looking for some advice before I go and speak to my headteacher. As part of my job, some of my hours are paid as an HLTA, and some as a general teaching assistant. The HLTA hours are used for teaching and supply cover and the general TA hours for classroom support. I'm happy in my work, but during a frank discussion about wages in the staff room the other day, I was a little upset to find out that I hardly earn much more than a general teaching assistant does for the same hours! I have additional duties that mean I have to sometimes mark and plan work at home and it just seems really unfair! I knew I wasnt paid a lot more, but I guess I didn't realise how little it was. It hardly seems worth it!
I asked a friend at another local school who works like me and she gets all her hours paid as an HLTA!
So, I guess I want to know if this is anyone else's experience, or if you are an HLTA, are all your hours paid as an HLTA?
TIA.

[bloated1977]

This is exactly why I won't become a HLTA. In our school the HLTA I work alongside with gets an extra 34p per hour compared to me.