Working with teaching assistants
Education Endowment Foundation
About this session
When teachers and teaching assistants work together effectively, they can provide invaluable support to pupils with additional needs. But doing so isn’t always easy.
This interactive session is designed to help teachers overcome barriers to working effectively with teaching assistants, using authentic scenarios and guided discussion.
This session accompanies the EEF’s Guide to Inclusive Teaching.
Supporting resources
The scenario
You are talking to your colleague, Amira.
Amira describes a conversation she had with Gemma, a TA:
“I told Gemma that I was going to give the class a short assessment at the start of our next lesson.
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What teachers are saying
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Jess Mellor - Head of Great Heights Research SchoolThe scenario was rooted in everyday classroom practice and, no matter what year group we teach, we were all able to engage.