Teaching Assistant Courses and Advice
Is Teaching Assistant a Respected Job?
Being a teaching assistant means you get to inspire and encourage pupils to be the best they can be.
When the position originated it was often to keep an eye on difficult students and perform menial tasks for teachers. However, it has since evolved[...]
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How to Become a Teaching Assistant
A teaching assistant helps to deliver the lessons that shape the future of younger generations. They work in partnership with teachers to ensure the children in their classrooms learn key concepts and principles. This helps children to develop their[...]
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What Do You Need to Be A Teaching Assistant?
Becoming a teaching assistant provides you the opportunity of working in a diverse and incredibly rewarding role. With numerous opportunities for career development and the capacity to fit it all around your family life.
Teaching assistants contribute[...]
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Moving from Teaching Assistant to Teacher
You may have planned to make the leap all along or you’ve just realised your potential as a fully qualified teacher. No matter the reason, moving from TA to teacher is a logical and well-trodden path. You can command a higher wage and have a bigger[...]
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Do I Need A Levels to be a Teaching Assistant?
Working as a Teaching Assistant, you will provide invaluable support to Teachers and children alike. Teachers do an amazing job of educating and inspiring the next generation. By working in partnership, Teaching Assistants can help them communicate key[...]
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Do you need qualifications to be a Teaching Assistant?
There are so many great reasons to become a teaching assistant. You get to play an active part in the development of the children you work with.
In your role you will help them understand everything from mathematical concepts to history. You will have[...]
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Moving from Teaching Assistant to Teacher
Being a teaching assistant is a very rewarding profession with many positive attributes, as is being a teacher. You’re able to create a real bond with pupils and support them throughout their education.
However, it is natural to want to progress with[...]
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The Art of Storytelling in Early Years Education
Who doesn’t like a good story?
One of the greatest pleasures in life is telling or reading a great story. Not only do stories help spark and enrich the imagination but they also encourage curiosity and language development, no matter whether you’re[...]
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Guided Reading Strategies and Resources for Teaching Assistants
Your Guide to Guided Reading!
Remember the struggle of learning to read. Becoming fully literate can take years of persistence, effort and support. Of course, those among you who are already teaching assistants will know this all too well. As a teaching[...]
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Can Teaching Abroad Get You That Gap Year?
Do you like travelling? Ever had a secret desire to take up a gap-year, but life got in the way?
Previously reserved for the upper echelons of society, gap years have become a lot more accessible in recent years. The meaning of gap years, and what they[...]
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