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An Introduction to Being a Teaching Assistant

Find your feet as a teaching assistant, knowing what's expected of you and where your support makes the most difference.

  • 2 hours
  • 2 CPD hours
  • Certificate
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About this course

In one day a teaching assistant might run a reading group and then calm a pupil who's about to walk out. Much of what good looks like is never written down, and it's easy to feel like the least important adult in the room, even when you know the pupils best.

A primary educator with more than 20 years' experience and a specialism in SEND takes the professional standards for teaching assistants and shows what each one looks like on an ordinary school day. That includes noticing the small changes in a child that matter for safeguarding, and giving the teacher feedback that shapes the next lesson.

If you train TAs yourself, trainer notes and activities are included for use in school.

Modules

26 modules
  1. 1Ethos, policies and practice part 18 min
  2. 2Ethos, policies and practice part 24 min
  3. 3Demonstrating positive values5 min
  4. 4Having regard for safeguarding needs7 min
  5. 5Respecting difference and diversity5 min
  6. 6Improving your own practice5 min
  7. 7TRAINER GUIDANCE
  8. 8Being a reflective practitioner7 min
  9. 9Acquiring appropriate skills5 min
  10. 10Understanding the needs of all pupils5 min
  11. 11Demonstrating a level of knowledge4 min
  12. 12Recognising the wider role4 min
  13. 13TRAINER GUIDANCE
  14. 14Develop an approach to teaching and learning10 min
  15. 15Support inclusion7 min
  16. 16Support behaviour management9 min
  17. 17Contribute to assessment and planning6 min
  18. 18Communicate effectively with pupils9 min
  19. 19Maintain a learning environment5 min
  20. 20TRAINER GUIDANCE
  21. 21Respecting other roles7 min
  22. 22Keeping others accurately informed7 min
  23. 23Sharing knowledge6 min
  24. 24Working collaboratively5 min
  25. 25Communicating knowledge6 min
  26. 26TRAINER GUIDANCE

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