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“How to Improve Your Effectiveness in the Classroom: A Practical Training Course for TAs, Learning Mentors and LSAs who are new to this role”

The main features of this course include:

  • What Teaching Assistants should expect to do/to not do
  • The particular demands placed upon colleagues without QTS in their relationships with pupils and teachers
  • How to improve your effectiveness when working in classrooms with pupils and teachers
  • How to reduce and manage challenging behaviour
  • How best to support pupils’ learning in the classroom
  • How to support under-achieving boys

Dates

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Synopsis

Schools now have far more “paraprofessionals”: adults who, whilst not being qualified teachers with Qualified Teacher Status, nevertheless play a vital role in enhancing the learning of individual pupils, or groups of pupils, within the classroom. The role is fundamentally different from that of the teacher and requires particular and subtle skills if it is to be carried out to maximise learning. It is often difficult enough for teachers to deal effectively with pupils. For adults working within schools who do not have the “clout” of teacher status it can sometimes seem to be almost impossible.

This practical training course is designed specifically for TAs, Assistant Teachers, Integration Assistants and LSAs who have limited experience of working with students in schools.

Materials

Course members will receive a handbook containing:

  • Copies of all training materials used by Karl on the day.
  • A wide range of successful tried and tested activities to use back in school
  • Strategies for establishing ground rules when managing groups of pupils
  • Case study examples
  • Guidance notes for maximising your effectiveness in the classroom
  • Advice to help you plan for your future career development

The Day

09.30 Coffee and Registration
10.00 Defining Roles and Responsibilities
11.00 Morning Coffee and Biscuits
11.15 How to Improve your Effectiveness in the Classroom
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Supporting Pupil Learning
15.30 Ten Practical Tips
15.45 Evaluations and Depart

Dates

Course durations greater than one day run consecutively from the date shown.

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