Making the Most of Your Teaching Assistant: Good Practice in Primary Schools

— —

Sue Briggs (Adviser for Educational Develpoment Service, Warwickshire, UK) Sue Cunningham (Director of Inclusion in secondary school, UK)

Making the Most of Your Teaching Assistant

Good Practice in Primary Schools

Sue Briggs (Adviser for Educational Develpoment Service, Warwickshire, UK), Sue Cunningham (Director of Inclusion in secondary school, UK)

$90.95 $77.10

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Routledge
03 December 2008

Non-teaching & support staff

Teaching Assistants play an increasingly important role in schools, but how do you know that they are effective in supporting children's achievement and enjoyment and helping the school to meet its aims? Making the most of your teaching assistant is an essential handbook for every SENCo and teacher responsible for managing Teaching Assistants. Based firmly in the classroom and focused on supporting pupil progress it provides clear guidance and practical support in deploying, training and monitoring the effectiveness of Teaching Assistants. This easy-to-use book Sets the current context of the development of the role of Teaching Assistants within that of wider workforce reforms. Advises on how best to advertise, recruit and interview Teaching Assistants Proposes a process for the successful induction of new Teaching Assistants. Explores a variety of ways in which you can deploy your Teaching Assistants, emphasizing the importance of teamwork and defining roles and responsibilities Suggests how schools can monitor and evaluate the impact of the work of their Teaching Assistants on the academic and social progress of all their pupils.

Provides forms and other resources that can be photocopied and used immediately to support the work of Teaching Assistants. Gives many examples of current best practice with scenarios and case studies based on real events in real schools. This book is an invaluable source of information and advice for class teachers and leadership teams who seek to make the most effective use of the teaching assistants in their schools to support the teacher, the learning, the curriculum, and the school as a whole. Trainee and new teachers will find the book an invaluable resource in preparing to work alongside and manage teaching assistants in their classrooms.

By: Sue Briggs (Adviser for Educational Develpoment Service Warwickshire UK), Sue Cunningham (Director of Inclusion in secondary school, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
Weight: 275g
ISBN: 9780415457217
ISBN 10: 0415457211
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 03 December 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Appointing, Inducting and Developing Teaching Assistants 2. Different ways of working 3. Supporting teaching and learning in the classroom 4. Working with teaching assistants to include pupils with additional educational needs 5. Understanding effectiveness and impact References and suggested further reading

Advisor for Educational Develpoment Service, Warwickshire, UK Director of Inclusion in secondary school, UK