Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants in Primary Schools - A Practical Guide for School Leaders

Drawing on the lessons from one of the world's leading research and development efforts involving teaching assistants, this book is the authors' most authoritative text yet on how to design a whole school plan to improve TAs' deployment, practice and preparedness, and put it into action.

List of contents

1. The Case for Change: Why Primary School Leaders Need to Rethink the Role and Contribution of TAs 2. Setting Your Vision 3. Implementation Journeys: The Most Important Chapter of this Book 4. Reviewing Current Practice 5. Supplementing, Not Replacing, the Teacher: Deploying TAs Differently 6. TAs' Interactions with Pupils: Scaffolding for Independence 7. The Preparedness of TAs: Improving their Readiness for the Role 8. Maximising the Impact of Structured Interventions Delivered by TAs 9. Conclusions TA Deployment Summary Teacher-TA Agreement Template

About the author

Rob Webster is an Associate Professor at UCL Institute of Education, London. He researches and writes about special educational needs and inclusion, and he developed the Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants programme.
Paula Bosanquet is a Senior Teaching Fellow in special educational needs at UCL Institute of Education, London. A former primary teacher, she has worked extensively as a trainer with teaching assistants, schools and local authorities.
Sally Franklin was a Senior Teaching Fellow at UCL Institute of Education, London, and now works as a SEND consultant, supporting schools in the UK and internationally.
Matthew Parker was a Senior Teaching Fellow at UCL Institute of Education, London, and now works as a school improvement consultant and expert advisor for inclusion.

Summary

Drawing on the lessons from one of the world’s leading research and development efforts involving teaching assistants, this book is the authors’ most authoritative text yet on how to design a whole school plan to improve TAs’ deployment, practice and preparedness, and put it into action.

Product details

• Authors: Paula Bosanquet, Bosanquet Paula, Sally Franklin, Franklin Sally, Matthew Parker, Parker Matthew, Rob Webster, Rob (University College London) Bosanquet Webster, Rob (University of London Webster, Rob Bosanquet Webster, Webster Rob
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367468330
• ISBN: 978-0-367-46833-0
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Leadership, EDUCATION / Administration / Elementary & Secondary, EDUCATION / Administration / Facility Management, Educational administration and organization, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, Non-teaching & support staff