RE: [lace] Lacemaking classes

2005-03-10 Thread Jane Bawn
I asked her to explain, as I just could not understand what she was saying. She got very red and agitated and said she was not allowed to give advice, I must speak to my line manager. I repeated that I was not asking for advice, but did not understand, she just said that her time was up and

Re: [lace] Lacemaking classes

2005-02-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 2 Feb 2005, at 23:14, Elizabeth Pass wrote: Yes, we had an Ofsted inspection last year, and they didn't like what they saw, although that was on the admin side of things. As a result of the inspection, either before or after, lots of tutors in all sorts of areas, did not renew their

RE: [lace] Lacemaking classes

2005-02-03 Thread Andrea Lamble
Hi there, I dropped out of teaching for the local authority classes about 10 years ago when they wanted all classes to be independently financially viable. For the daytime class, which had a lot of concession fee payers, this would have meant enrolling 24+ students. With the individual tuition

RE: [lace] Lacemaking classes

2005-02-02 Thread Elizabeth Pass
Hi Christine, Although I work in Adult Education and I also teach bobbin lace, I came out of that area some five years ago. Yes, we had an Ofsted inspection last year, and they didn't like what they saw, although that was on the admin side of things. As a result of the inspection, either