Teaching Assistant Courses and Advice
Find out more about courses for teaching assistants for special educational needs (SEN) jobs
It’s autism awareness month, and this week we’re thinking about the difference that teaching assistants can make to struggling students. Alongside planning activities and preparing learning resources, they offer essential one-to-one help and[...]
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How to get a job as a teaching assistant
Take on new challenges in the education sector, by getting a job as a teaching assistant. It’s the opportunity to give every child confidence in the classroom and it’s also a popular career choice for parents. Teaching assistants benefit from flexible[...]
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Where could your teaching assistant career take you?
Many people start working as a teaching assistant when they want a change of career, or need a flexible job that lets them work, and care for their children. You might not know that a teaching assistant career also has opportunities for[...]
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Flexible working can fix your work-life balance
When you’re a busy mum or dad, fitting in a job around your kids will always be difficult. If you want to have more time with your family, working as a Teaching Assistant can give you the flexible working hours you need.
Why work as a Teaching Assistant?
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Let’s talk about autism in girls
Autism in girls is often missed
In the 1930s/40s studies were carried out focusing on boys. An autistic child was thought to be socially withdrawn and obsessed with technical things.
Paediatrician Hans Asperger and psychiatrist Leo Kanner defined autism[...]
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Reading strategies for the classroom
Helping children with their reading is one of a Teaching Assistant’s most important tasks. It can be difficult finding ways to support students that are struggling, but using some tried and tested reading strategies can help.
What reading strategies[...]
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Can Teaching Assistants Make a Real Difference?
The number of teaching assistants in classrooms has trebled in the last decade
The recent increase in job openings for teaching assistants has sparked the age-old debate: can teaching assistants make a real difference in the classroom? You can get the[...]
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What Makes an Effective Teaching Assistant?
Becoming a teaching assistant is a particularly rewarding and interesting possibility
It may be well worth your while to explore how to become an effective teaching assistant (also called a classroom assistant). If you pursue this career path, you’ll[...]
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Duties of a Teaching Assistant
Teaching assistants are people who aid and support a teacher
What are the duties of a Teaching assistant?
They help in facilitating any teaching-related tasks and activities in a classroom. They need to conduct teaching assistant duties and work[...]
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How to silence a noisy classroom
Do you find it difficult to quieten a class or group in order to gain their attention?
Have a look at the 5 ways to silence a noisy classroom, summarised from an article by Rob Plevin in TES.
1.The unexpected
Do something that your pupils are[...]
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