Working Effectively With Your Teaching Assistant Synopsis
From Sara Alston, co-author of The Inclusive Classroom, comes a new book supporting primary teachers to work more effectively with their teaching assistants to promote children’s learning.
Specifically focused for early career teachers, this book provides valuable support for managing this vital but potentially challenging relationship.
Working Effectively With Your Teaching Assistant supports teachers in maintaining classroom relationships, including working with the expert or inexperienced TA. It explains:
- different TA roles, including the role of the classroom TA or learning support assistant, the special needs assistant and 1:1 TA
- different forms of intervention, including pre- and over-learning and the importance of ensuring that all children access quality first teaching
- how to work collaboratively, including ways of sharing planning and feedback, differentiation strategies, promoting independence and how to support each other beyond the classroom.
Featuring quotes from TAs about their classroom experience and what would help them, plus solutions for when things don't go to plan, this book will help primary teachers to have a significant impact on learning, while saving themselves time and reducing stress.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781472992567 |
| Publication date: |
2nd February 2023 |
| Author: |
Sara Alston |
| Publisher: |
Bloomsbury Education an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
240 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Books for Teachers
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Sara Alston Press Reviews
An absolute gem! It’s a book that every teacher should read if they want to get the absolute best from their TA. Full of practical strategies which can be easily implemented. -- Carmel Martin, Deputy Headteacher and SENDCo
Whether you are a newly qualified teacher or an educator who has been teaching for many years, this book is for you. This book provides this valuable information for senior leaders and teachers and every school should purchase a copy. -- Aimee Durning MBE. Co-Founder of the UK TA Network Hub & Director of Inclusion & Community at the University of Cambridge Primary School
Sara uses her wealth of experience to share a solution focused approach to working with TAs. There is great insight into how to positively develop practices that support the efficacy of TAs in schools. -- Kenny Wheeler, SEND, Inclusion and Leadership Consultant - @KennyInclusion
A comprehensive and accessible guide to support anyone in gaining the most from their support staff. I enjoyed the many practical strategies and case studies to support and inspire! -- Andy Taylor, Senior Lecturer at University of Worcester @MrTs_NQTs
A must for teachers, SENCOs and TAs alike. Whilst clearly EYFS and Primary focused, it works for Secondary schools too. The advice, guidance and examples are practical, realistic and accessible. -- Dr Hélène Cohen - lecturer, SEND consultant, tutor/supervisor for NASENCO/iSENDCO Masters awards. @EdPleaseMiss
Practical, highly relatable advice for new and experienced teachers with brilliant personal stories and case studies that really brings this book alive. The key takeaways at the end of each chapter are succinct and support teachers with knowing exactly what to do next to consolidate and improve outcomes in their class. Teachers learn to teach; nobody teaches teachers about managing TAs, this book gives a superb step by step guide to support best practice. -- Kiren Bennett, SLE SEND, Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion at Ulverley School, part of Robin Hood MAT
This well-informed book is an important must read for anyone teaching alongside an assistant. This relationship can be confusing, so this book unpicks issues through a case study approach and common sense thinking. -- Dr Sue Allingham. Consultant, Author, Trainer @DrSue22
Packed with tried-and-tested advice from a life of coordinating SEN, Sara's book is my new “go-to”. Highly recommend. -- Ben Slater, Founder and Lead Consultant, Fiveways Devon, Twitter: @DevonFiveways
About Sara Alston
Sara Alston is a practising SENCO and an independent SEND and safeguarding consultant and trainer with over 30 years of teaching experience. Sara has written a number of online courses and resources for teachers and TAs, including on pre- and over-learning and differentiation, for a range of organisations such as Inclusion Expert, School Bus and UK Parliament Education Service. She writes regular articles for Teach Primary and Headteacher Update as well as blogs about SEND and safeguarding issues. Sara is the co-author of The Inclusive Classroom: A new approach to differentiation, with Daniel Sobel.
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