1st Edition

Making the Most of Your Teaching Assistant Good Practice in Primary Schools

By Sue Briggs, Sue Cunningham Copyright 2009
96 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

Making the Most of Your Teaching Assistant is an essential handbook for every SENCo and teacher responsible for managing Teaching Assistants. Based firmly in the classroom and focused on supporting pupil progress it provides clear guidance and practical support in deploying, training and monitoring the effectiveness of Teaching Assistants. This easy-to-use book: sets the current context... Read more

1. Appointing, Inducting and Developing Teaching Assistants 2. Different ways of working 3. Supporting teaching and learning in the classroom 4. Working with teaching assistants to include pupils with additional educational needs 5. Understanding effectiveness and impact References and suggested further reading

Biography

Sue Briggs is Inspector for Inclusion and Adviser for SEN and Inclusion in Warwickshire. She is an Ofsted inspector for primary and special schools and a specialist member of the SEN and Disability Tribunal.





Sue Cunningham is Director of Inclusion in a large mainstream secondary school.