Appointing and Managing Learning Support Assistants A Practical Guide for SENCOs and Other Managers

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 An audit of existing practice Chapter 2 Communication Chapter 3 Professional support systems Chapter 4 Effective deployment Chapter 5 Monitoring effectiveness Chapter 6 And finally ... suggested interview questions and tasks Useful references and web pages Forms: Form 1 School audit of LSA deployment Form 2 This is what one school found Form 3 How the SENCO planned for change Form 4 Following an audit of your own school make and initial plan of action Form 5 Checklist for LSA Induction Form 6 Checklist for learning support assistants Form 7 Planning and monitoring for group work (blank form) Form 7a Planning and monitoring for group work (filled in form) Form 8 Planning/monitoring sheets (blank form) Form 8a Planning/monitoring sheets (filled in form) Form 9 LSA report for individual child for annual review (blank form) Form 9a LSA report for individual child for annual review (filled in form) Form 10 Professional development interview Form 11 Professional development interview-prompts for LSA Form 12 Professional development interview-LSA preparation Form 13 Observation sheet (blank form) Form 13a Observation sheet (filled in form) Form 14 Observation of LSA support session Form 15 Deployment record (blank form) Form 15a Deployment record (filled in form) Form 16 Progress monitoring summary sheet (blank form) Form 16a Progress monitoring summary sheet (filled in form) Form 17 Target monitoring behaviour group or individual (blank form) Form 17a Target monitoring behaviour group or individual (filled in form) Form 18 SEN monitoring sheet (blank form) Form 18a SEN monitoring sheet (filled in form)

Biography

Jennie George is Head of Bristol Learning Support Service. Margaret Hunt has worked as a Team Leader in Central Support Services and is now a freelance consultant based in Bristol.