Teaching assistants : practical strategies for effective classroom support / Maggie Balshaw and Peter Farrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balshaw, Margaret H., author.

Contributor:

Farrell, Peter (Peter T.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers' assistants.

School support teams.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 136 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : David Fulton Publishers, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This practical book is intended to support schools and LEAs in developing effective strategies in working with teaching assistants. Suggested approaches are supported with real examples from practice.

This practical book is intended to support schools and LEAs in developing effective strategies in working with teaching assistants. It is related to the DfEE's recently published Good Practice Guide (2000). Suggested approaches are supported with real examples from practice, showing the reality of how schools can review and develop practice and so become more effective in their management and support of teaching assistants. The aim is to enable managers in schools and LEAs to work effectively with teaching assistants; teachers to plan classroom approaches for working with teaching assistants; teaching assistants to improve their practice; and children to learn more effectively in inclusive settings. This book will be of use to headteachers, senior staff in schools, SENCOs, LEA support staff, class teachers and teaching assistants. This practical book is intended to support schools and LEAs in developing effective strategies in working with teaching assistants. It is related to the DfEE's recently published Good Practice Guide (2000). Suggested approaches are supported with real examples from practice, showing the reality of how schools can review and develop practice and so become more effective in their management and support of teaching assistants. The aim is to enable managers in schools and LEAs to work effectively with teaching assistants; teachers to plan classroom approaches for working with teaching assistants; teaching assistants to improve their practice; and children to learn more effectively in inclusive settings. This book will be of use to headteachers, senior staff in schools, SENCOs, LEA support staff, class teachers and teaching assistants.

Contents:

section 1. Background to the development of the good practice guide

section 2. Developing a conceptual framework for improving practice

section 3. Strategies drawn from experiences in schools and LEAs

section 4. Summary : reflections on future practice development.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781136756351

1136756353

9780367090753

0367090759

9780203821305

0203821300

9781136756368

1136756361

OCLC:

846495085