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Resource for Teaching Asssistants
I forgot to mention another resource that was mentioned, and highly recommended, on the AQA Maths course yesterday. This was a book that was written specifically for Teaching Assistants. The book is...
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New Powers for TA's
The Guardian is reporting on how new legal rights to restrain unruly pupils and confiscate disruptive mobile phones and music players are to be extended to all frontline staff including teaching...
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HLTA Discussion Forum
After mentioning a Teaching Assistants Forum that I came across the other day I’ve now found another one. This forum is specifically for HLTA’s, but the discussion ranges from what how to become a...
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Teachers Down, Teaching Assistants Up
According to the BBC the number of qualified nursery and primary school teachers fell by 3,160 from 2002 to 2005. However there were 26,150 more teaching assistants. Critics of the government’s...
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Teaching Assistants make significant contributions
According the BBC teaching assistants make significant contributions to pupils’ learning. Research by London University’s Institute of Education, said teaching assistants also faced a range of...
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Backpay for Teaching Assistants
Here’s an article all management and Teaching Assistants should read: “When an invoice for £650,000 landed on Phil Jones’s desk last October, it was something of a shock. The headteacher of Oakham...
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TA's used as a cheap way of covering teacher' lessons
Unison has said that teaching assistants were increasingly being used as a cheap way of covering teachers’ lessons. The schools minister, Jim Knight, said teaching assistants eased the burden on...
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Pupils receiving help ‘do worse’
A new report, which is highlighted on the BBC News site, states that pupils who are supported by teaching assistants make less progress than their classmates. The report explains that this isn’t the...
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Competition – TAs with Talent
Teachers TV has launched a nationwide competition to find TAs with Talent. They are looking for the gems of the classroom to feature in a special programme to be transmitted in the New Year. They want...
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OFSTED Update + little rant!
I’m glad to see that OFSTED think that they are improving schools. Taken from the Education Guardian: The number of failing primary schools in England fell sharply over the past year, the schools...
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