How the school is run

Beginnings

The idea for the Chrysalis School for Autism came about when parents of two autistic children in Hertfordshire got together and realised that they shared the same frustration. They both recognised that if they wanted to continue the huge benefits that their children’s home-based Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) programmes gave them and their families, then they would need to be taught in a small school environment.

The pressures of running their children’s education themselves at home meant that the only feasible way forward was to follow the example of parents in other areas of the UK and set up an independent ABA school in Hertfordshire.

Recruitment Application Pack

ABA Supervisors, Tutors and Trainee Tutors, and a qualified Teacher wishing to apply to teach at the Chrysalis school should review the application pack listed below:-

Recruitment and Selection Process

Application Form
Application Form (Word)

Job Description - Trainee ABA Tutor
Job Description - ABA Tutor
Job Description - ABA Supervisor
Job Description - Qualified Teacher

Person Specification -Trainee ABA Tutor
Person Specification - ABA Tutor
Person Specification - ABA Supervisor
Person Specification - Qualified Teacher

School Prospectus 09/10

Staff Handbook
Please refer to Staff Handbook for salary scales

Identification Documents

Monitoring Form for Equal Opportunities
Due to this form requiring a signature please send a copy by post.

Please complete all relevant documents and send either by email to info@chrysalisschool.org or post to 22 Roman Way, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 9RJ

School Term Dates

School Term Dates for 2009/2010
School Term Dates for 2010/2011

Board of Governors

Acting Chair: Mrs Karen Colpitts

Secretary: Mrs Julie Stammers

Mrs Laura Dyer (Parent)
Mrs Fola Davies
Mr John Edwards

Friends of the Chrysalis

Mrs Laura Dyer
Mrs Julie Stammers
Ms Margaret Burdon
Mrs Anne Collinson
Mrs Fola Davies

Grants/Trusts:
Mrs Laura Dyer
Mrs Julie Stammers
Ms Margaret Burdon

Staff:

Principal: Mrs Elizabeth Dun - B.Ed,
ABA Supervisor: Miss Anna Wood - BA (Hons) Child and Adolescent Studies
Business Manager: Ms Margaret Burdon
ABA Tutor: Mr Stuart Goaman - BA (Hons) Combined Studies - Drama with English
ABA Tutor: Mrs Laura Shapland - Certificate in Child Care and Education, NVQ in Early Years
Trainee ABA Tutor:

* The school is staffed on a ratio of at least 1 ABA Tutor to 1 child.

Every Child Matters

being healthy: enjoying good physical and mental health and living a healthy lifestyle

staying safe: being protected from harm and neglect

enjoying and achieving: getting the most out of life and developing the skills for adulthood

making a positive contribution: being involved with the community and society and not engaging in antisocial or offending behaviour

economic well-being: not being prevented by economic disadvantage from achieving their full potential in life. (DfES, 2003: Every Child Matters: Change for Children, 6-7)

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