The case for changing the educational hierarchy. Ex. 6 Teacher Aides

Teacher aides are well supposed to aide teachers. Certainly the merit of such an idea stems from the rational educational approach that leaving a kindergarten teacher alone with 20 children is an educationally inappropriate situation. It is unfair to the children, it is unfair to the teacher.
When a school principal removes teacher aides from lower elementary and requires they tutor upper grades, decorate the school, build floats, etc. they are no longer teacher aides, they are principal aides.

With 20 children in a kindergarten classroom, a minimum of two are likely to be poorly behaved and demand a disproportionate amount of the teachers time. The problem is further exacerbated in an area where families on average are larger and parents less educated.

Anyone who has ever taught 20 unruly five and six year olds, many of which lack social skills, recognizes it is educationally inappropriate situation. If they do not, I would argue they should not be in a supervisory position.

If the supervisor of those administrators knows the situation exists and allows it, I would argue they should not be in a supervisory position either.

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