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Practical Tips for Teaching Assistants
Contributor(s): Bentham, Susan (Author), Hutchins, Roger (Author)
ISBN: 0415354722     ISBN-13: 9780415354721
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $46.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2005
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Annotation: This book is a must have for any teaching assistant.
Confused with terminology? Difficulties in remembering the difference between CPD, CPLP, EPs and OCD? Then this is the book for you.
Teaching assistants are increasingly being asked to take on more and more responsibilities within schools and this book covers all the essentials that a teaching assistant needs to know.
Presented in an easy to read format packed with countless suggestions, practical tips and a helpful glossary of technical terms this is one book you will not want to be without.
Individual chapters focus on:
- What you will need to know in order to start working as a Teaching Assistant (TA)
- Details regarding how you will be asked to support the school
- Strategies for supporting learning
- Specific strategies for supporting numeracy and literacy
- Ways of dealing with unacceptable behavior
- Tips for working with students with special needs
- Strategies for surviving and enjoying life as a TA
This book can be read from beginning to end or it can be used as a quick reference tool for looking up specific concerns. These concerns could include: what to do if a student is repeatedly calling out, how to support a student with visual impairments or how to be on the look out for depression and self-harm in the students you support.
This book is ideal for anyone who is interested in pursuing a career as a teaching assistant, whether you are just starting to work in schools or have had more years in a classroom than you care to remember. In addition this book will be a valuable companion for students who taking courses such as NVQ2 & 3, HLTA and foundation degrees.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Classroom Management
- Education | Reference
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General
Dewey: 371.141
LCCN: 2005008162
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.9" W x 8.54" (0.57 lbs) 134 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Packed full of practical suggestions, tips, advice and up-to-date factual information, this book provides a trouble-shooting guide to help teaching assistants deal with a wide variety of classroom situations. Issues and dilemmas confronted in the book include:

  • who's who in the school
  • self esteem
  • how to use individual learning styles to support students and those with special needs
  • dealing with unacceptable behaviour
  • coping with the job and personal development.

Whether read from cover to cover or used as a quick reference tool for looking up specific concerns, this is an essential book for all teaching assistants in primary, secondary and special needs schools, those starting out, and teaching assistants enrolled on training programmes such as NVQ 2, NVQ 3 and the higher level teaching assistant's award.