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Tips For IT TAs. EduStaff permanent & interim staffing solutions for teachers and schools.

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It can be difficult to establish a good rapport with students. Some students may not respect teaching assistants because they are not " real" teachers in their eyes, or because TAs' perceived or actual power is minimal. At the same time, you are in an excellent position to assist students who are struggling because you have more time to monitor them.

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About this CPD course

Based on the Education Endowment Foundation's (EEF) guidance report - 'Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants' - this free online CPD course is aimed at school leaders and provides you with a step-by-step guide that can help you to transform Teaching Assistant deployment and practice in your school.

Using text, video and interactive content, this professional development course for teachers brings the EEF guidance report to life. There is extensive footage from one of the schools in which the 'Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants' guidance has been successfully implemented, with outstanding results. You will also find exclusive interviews with two of the report's authors, as well the Chief Executive of the Education Endowment Foundation, Sir Kevan Collins.

Who should enrol on this course?

The deployment of teaching assistants is the school leadership's responsibility and this short, free professional development course is intended for senior school leaders and headteachers who want to maximise the use and impact of this valuable resource.

Learning outcomes

Understand the research and best practice guidance around making best use of teaching assistants

Learn how tweaks to deployment can transform TA preparedness and practice

Find out how to overcome key obstacles to change

Discover how to construct a TA Development Team to ensure you take all staff with you on your journey of change

Gain insight into what TA best practice looks like in all areas of school life

Hundreds of thousands of teaching assistants are employed throughout the UK. Yet, they are often deployed in such a way that their job becomes difficult to do. Frequently they are excluded from training and not prepared as well as they could be. This course shows you how to maximise the impact of teaching assistants. It gives insight into critical research explaining how TAs are used- and how they could be used better. It walks you through the steps you need to take to transform the working lives of your TAs, helping you to raise achievement and make better use of your existing staff in the process.

How is the course delivered?

Using real classroom footage (from Pye Bank CE School), interviews with the co-authors of the EEF Report, and a wide range of bespoke resources, example strategies and techniques designed in conjunction with schools, Mike Gershon helps you explore how you can make best use of teaching assistants in the classroom.

As a self-directed course, users are encouraged to complete it in a linear manner. Each unit contains two videos, three pieces of text, next steps guidance and a set of curated resources.

Modules

Introduction to the EEF guidance report - 'Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants'

Your School's Context

Teaching Assistant Deployment- School Level

Teaching Assistant Deployment- Classroom Level

Preparing Teaching Assistants

Structured Interventions

Linking Learning

Next Steps

Start your free Making best use of teaching assistants CPD course today

1. Go to Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants

2. Click join this course

3. Start your Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants CPD course

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Effective Use of Teaching Assistants CPD course | Tes Institute

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Based on the Education Endowment Foundation's (EEF) guidance report - 'Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants' - this free online CPD course is aimed at school leaders and provides you with a step-by-step guide that can help you to transform Teaching Assistant deployment and practice in your school.

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Sleeplessness, F.O.M.O., Stress: Could Smartphones Be Harming Our Students? | EduStaff

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Sleeplessness, F.O.M.O., Stress: Could Smartphones Be Harming Our Students? . EduStaff permanent & interim staffing solutions for teachers and schools.

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Welcome to NAPTA

The National Association of Professional Teaching Assistants (NAPTA) is a membership organisation that works with schools and other education settings to realise the potential of teaching assistants. It provides its members with a range of specialist services to help individuals develop in supporting learning and to deliver whole-school improvement.

Membership

Thousands of schools across the country have become members of NAPTA and enjoy a range of benefits, including resources and support for performance management and CPD.

NAPTA membership offers a range of benefits designed to make a significant contribution to:

teaching assistant development

preparation for inspection

improving teaching quality and outcomes

saving time for middle and senior leaders.

School membership

NAPTA member schools receive an impressive package of guidance, support and resources.
Read about others' experiences as shown in NAPTA members' testimonials.
Free resources

As part of its commitment to developing support staff and supporting their managers, NAPTA also provides news, information and planning resources for support staff and their managers.

Please take a tour of our Information site.

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The National Association of Professional Teaching Assistants (NAPTA) is a membership organisation that works with schools and other education settings to realise the potential of teaching assistants. It provides its members with a range of specialist services to help individuals develop in supporting learning and to deliver whole-school improvement.