ABSTRACT
Teaching should be seen as enabling learning. The word itself has caused problems, particularly in relation to the establishment of HLTAs. Some teachers, that is those with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), are concerned that by allowing HLTAs to teach, and teach whole classes as well, it is undermining the hard work they had to undertake in order to obtain their QTS. They feel that only those with QTS can and should teach Suggestions that teachers might be able to take groups of 60 pupils or more have not helped. These ideas are considered by some to be detrimental to pupils' learning and causing possible teacher redundancies, yet they have not recognised that talks, plays, assemblies, film shows and informal times already regularly take place with only a few people present who have QTS.
