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Not everyone appreciates the true value of the teaching assistant in the classroom but for pupils with learning difficulties and other support needs, it is the teaching assistant who helps them to access the learning opportunities on offer. How does a teaching assistant perform this vital function? School budgets across the country are being squeezed. […]
Education has always been and always will be a political hot potato. It is the one subject that is sure to ignite fierce debate and the recent findings by the Labour Party indicating that over half a million of children in schools across England are being taught by unqualified teaching staff is sure to provide […]
Teaching Assistants (TAs) are valued members of a school’s staff and an amazing resource in any classroom. With vacancies across the education sector (including primary and secondary schools, pupil referral units and colleges) there are many opportunities to become a teaching assistant. Schools and colleges are increasingly looking for TAs that are both qualified and […]
We all have memories of school or college; some good, some bad. What you probably remember most are great teachers and not-so-great teachers. Teachers shape a student’s feelings about a subject, and about learning in general. Think for a moment what makes the good teacher stand out. Was it because they appeared genuinely interested in […]
There are several theories about how we learn. What has become clear is that we don’t all have the same preference when it comes to the style of learning and studying we use. Before enrolling on home study courses of any kind, examining how you learn best – and the learning style you enjoy most […]
When used effectively, a teaching assistant can bring about an improvement in a pupil’s reading of between three and six months. Great news for those students taking a teaching assistant course to improve their skills in the classroom. The evidence comes from two reading support programmes run by teaching assistants. Research has also shown that […]
There is no shortage of research measuring the impact of teaching assistants (TAs) on student learning. There is a common thread through all the results from various research projects over the years – if TAs are used in a targeted way within the classroom, learning and progress of individual children vastly improves. When education budgets […]
Teaching assistants are a valuable asset in the classroom. They bring much-needed skills and expertise to challenge ‘more able and talented’ students, as well as work closely with those students with additional learning needs and, it has to be said, a class as a whole. They are an invaluable colleague in the teaching team, and […]
Education, whether in the primary, secondary, post 16 or online, is rapidly changing. The need to maintain and push standards higher underpins everything an educator does, from how they plan their lessons, to the course materials they create to the assessment methods they use. It is a challenging, yet rewarding career. Getting into teaching is […]
The teaching assistant (TA) is an integral part of the learning process in any classroom. As a TA, you will fulfil all kinds of functions, from working on specific projects with low-attaining pupils, to stretching the minds and knowledge of more able and talented students, to reducing the workload and stress that teaching colleagues can […]