The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Effective Interaction: How to Maximise Your Practice

Education & Teaching

Radford, Julie

Webster, Rob

Bosanquet, Paula

Schools & Teaching

Routledge

This second edition of The Teaching Assistant’s Guide to Effective Interaction is the definitive guide to teaching assistant-pupil interaction, fully updated with examples from schools that have implemented techniques from the first edition. An invaluable professional development tool for classroom support staff and the teachers who work with them, this new edition answers the need for specific, practical guidance on the role of the teaching assistant. 
This practical and accessible guide sets out a role for teaching assistants that focuses on developing pupils’ independence and ownership of learning, with key learning points now summarised in each chapter. Based on a classroom-tested framework and covering the main contexts in which teaching assistants work, it includes a range of strategies and reflective activities to help improve the support provided to pupils in everyday settings. This book sets out successful strategies for: 
Responding to additional needs 
Understanding the principles behind effective classroom talk 
Carefully scaffolding pupils’ learning 
Delivering intervention programmes 
The Teaching Assistant’s Guide to Effective Interaction is an essential read for all teaching assistants and will also be of interest to school leaders, SENCOs and teachers in both primary and secondary schools who wish to improve their deployment of teaching assistants and their own interactions with pupils. 
Used in combination with Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants in Primary Schools, The Teaching Assistant’s Guide to Effective Interaction is a comprehensive and unrivalled resource for supporting school workforce improvement.

The Crocodile'steeth

Murdoch Books Pty Limited

The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Effective Interaction: How to maximise your practice

The Teaching Assistant’s Guide to Effective Interaction is the definitive guide to teaching assistant-pupil interaction and an invaluable professional development tool for classroom support staff and the teachers who work with them. The authors’ research and development work with schools has highlighted the need for specific, practical guidance on the role of the teaching assistant. This highly practical and accessible book sets out a role for teaching assistants that focuses on developing pupils’ independence and ownership of learning. Based on a classroom-tested framework, and covering the main contexts in which teaching assistants work, it includes practical strategies and reflective activities to help you improve the support you provide to pupils in everyday settings. This book will help you to: <ul>
<li>Improve your interactions with pupils</li> <li>Understand the principles behind effective classroom talk</li> <li>Carefully scaffold pupils’ learning</li> <li>Work effectively in collaboration with teachers</li> <li>Support the Assessment for Learning process</li> <li>Support group work and collaborative tasks</li> <li>Deliver intervention programmes.</li>
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This book is an essential read for all teaching assistants. It will also be of interest to school leaders, SENCos and teachers, in both primary and secondary schools, who wish to improve their use of teaching assistants and their own interactions with pupils.

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