Managing teaching assistants : a guide for headteachers, managers, and teachers / Anne Watkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watkinson, Anne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers' assistants--Training of--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Teachers' assistants.

School personnel management--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

School personnel management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a practical guide to the role, management, and deployment of teaching assistants. It offers comprehensive and informed support, underpinned by illustrative case studies throughout. Information and practical guidance is given on:the role and competencies of teaching assistantshow to audit the existing teaching assistant provision in the schoolthe teaching assistant's role in planning, delivery and feedbackhow to appoint, induct, mentor and appraise teaching assistantsthe effective management of teaching assistants by teachers and manage

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 What TAs can do; 3 The local circumstances: auditing the existing situation in a school; 4 Maximising the potential of TAs; 5 Management systems and structures relating to TAs; 6 Employing TAs: from recruitment to review; 7 TAs and teaching: teachers as managers; 8 TAs' personal and professional development; 9 Looking ahead; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-186) and index.

ISBN:

1-904469-27-2

1-134-49108-5

1-138-15105-X

1-134-49109-3

1-280-05392-5

0-203-46450-8

9780203464502

OCLC:

437084654