This area includes specific signposting for education support staff roles, although the sections on SEND Essentials and Teaching and Learning also offer valuable training, resources, and articles.
Teaching Assistants and Learning Support Staff Toolkit:
This toolkit aims to bring together free resources available to support with the role of teaching assistants and support staff. This will sometimes be a practical resource, an educational article or current professional development and training. The resources are grouped together under three headings to guide you through useful information and professional development for your role: Essential Knowledge; Further SEND Knowledge; and Professional Development and Deployment. This is an interactive toolkit for support staff to navigate resources and guidance for multiple areas of SEND provision to support effective inclusion. https://www.wholeschoolsend.org.uk/resources/support-staff-toolkit
Five-a-day for SEND: how does it transform the TA role?
In this EEF Blog Gary Aubin introduces the reflective tool for TAs in line with the Five-a-day approach. He presents the reflective tool as a starting point for TAs to develop their practice within learning. It can help TAs to consider how their practice can align with the evidence around what supports pupils with SEND to make academic progress.
Link to the tool : https://d2tic4wvo1iusb.cloudfront.net/documents/Five_a_Day_Reflection_Tool_-_Teaching_Assistants_v1.0-1.pdf?v=1664189090
Scaffolding framework for teaching assistant-pupil interactions
This practical framework is designed to help TAs scaffold pupils’ learning and encourage independent learning. TAs should move down the layers in turn.
Introduction to the TA Role
This PowerPoint presentation is intended to be an introduction to the role of the TA, primarily working within lessons. It draws upon a range of research and information. When viewing the ppt. please have it on the slideshow presentation. Please note the term TA or Teaching Assistant, has been a ‘catch-all’ term for the role of Learning Support Assistants, Teaching Partners or Learning Partners.
