Working Effectively with your Teaching Assistant with Sara Alston

In this episode, Toria chats to Sara about how important
teaching assistants are to our schools. Great teacher/TA teams
can truly transform teaching and learning in our schools so we
talk about how to get this right.

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Sara is an author and educationalist who currently works as an
independent consultant and trainer supporting schools with SEND
and safeguarding. She draws on her experiences as a teacher and
senior leader to support teachers to better understand pupils and
their strengths and barriers to learning, and to use this to
promote their learning. She has authored several training courses
for teachers and teaching assistants, and articles on
safeguarding and SEND.
Her latest book is Working Effectively With Your
Teaching Assistant which she wrote to supportt 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.

Find out more about Sara and her work here
https://www.seainclusion.co.uk/


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