Developing and shaping the teaching assistant within the classroom
with Mike Wintle
Tuesday, 20th November 2012 – Central London
Course leader: Mike Wintle
Mike Wintle has been an LEA Primary Adviser for three years. Previous to this, he was Head teacher in three schools in a variety of authorities. His experiences range from rural situations to extremely challenging schools in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. His previous schools are all now rated as extremely successful, standards are in the top five percent and OFSTED has judged them to be “very good”.
For many years, Mike has worked as a consultant for both Manchester and Hull Universities, working with the International Leadership Centre and leading national courses on leadership and assessment leading to target setting. He is the author of the best selling assessment book entitled Co-ordinating Assessment Across the Primary School published by Routledge Falmer Press. Mike has also contributed to Performance Management in School edited by Professor John West Burnham and published by Pearson.
Mike has undertaken in service training provision in a large number of LEAs and schools. He has worked for many years as a senior marker for a large examination group.
Who should attend?
- Higher teaching assistants
- Teaching assistants
- Potential teaching assistants
The course:
This course will support teaching assistants with implementing assessment for learning within the classroom and make clear the links between school improvement and OfSTED requirements.
This course will underpin the assertion that an effective teaching assistant facilitates quality learning and helps raise standards in manageable ways. The day will show teaching assistants practical ways of impacting on learning, clear strategies for working with teachers and how to involve pupils in their day to day learning
Session 1:
Assessment for Learning �� definitions and implications for all teaching assistants
The eight key classroom principles that Smart TA��s learn and practice
Session 2:
Lesson observations �� links to the eight key principles and OfSTED focus
Impacts on teaching assistant practice
Session 3:
Audit of current practice
Extending teaching assistant practice within primary schools
Smart workforce remodelling teaching assistants!
Session 4:
Smart questioning
The start and finish of each lesson
Key OfSTED themes
Questions and answer session
Evaluations and close
Fee
The fee for the course is £230 plus VAT (Total £276) per delegate. The fee includes all refreshments, lunch, and course documentation. Discounts for multiple bookings are available. Please telephone or fax the organisers for details.