FAQs for TAs

Practical Advice and Working Solutions for Teaching Assistants

Elizabeth Holmes

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Routledge
28 June 2017

Non-teaching & support staff; Teacher training; Teaching skills & techniques

FAQs for TAs is a friendly and accessible guide covering the core questions that both new and existing teaching assistants may have about their jobs.

Arranged in question and answer format, it covers all the essential information that teaching assistants need to know in an easily accessible book. It includes:

the themes of becoming a teaching assistant (training and funding possibilities, finding vacancies and getting through the selection process)

what the job entails

getting started, managing workload

dealing with behaviour

working with colleagues.

Differing from others on the market in that it focuses specifically on the coreneed to know items for TAs, this book is authoritative and reassuring - delivering exactly what TAs need to help them on the job. It also explores areas of possible future development and career progression combined with sources of further information.

By: Elizabeth Holmes
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138411128
ISBN 10: 1138411124
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 28 June 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. The Role of the TA 2. The Job-Hunting Process 3. Starting Work as a TA 4. All about Workload 5. Working with Children 6. All about Behaviour 7. Personal Issues 8. Working with Colleagues and Parents 9. Career Development 10. Hot Education Topics

Elizabeth Holmes

Reviews for FAQs for TAs: Practical Advice and Working Solutions for Teaching Assistants

'Aimed at people who are thinking of becoming teaching assistants and those new to the job, this book has plenty of useful information.' - Learning Support Magazine