Digital files
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Introduction
The story of support staff training in Sheffield |
Context
DCSF: Raising Standards and Tackling Workload |
Sheffield: Agenda and form for a network meeting |
Sheffield: Prompt for discussion about future network meetings |
Sheffield: HLTA News: November 2008 |
Sheffield: Job description: Senior TA |
Sheffield: Job description: HLTA |
Working with Teaching Assistants: Job description template |
Working with Teaching Assistants: Performance management review template |
Taking the Lead: Working in Partnership |
Taking the Lead: Jane Clay |
Taking the Lead: Joanne Rawlings |
The Sheffield Guarantee: Support Staff Development Opportunities Framework |
The Sheffield Guarantee: Strategy |
The Sheffield Experience |
Using
Action plan |
Completed action plan |
Areas
A headteacher's perspective |
An HLTA's perspective |
Course evaluation: Primary support staff induction |
Sheffield: HLTA application checklist |
Sheffield: HLTA Information & Guidance |
Sheffield: Person specification: HLTA |
Sheffield: Person specification: Senior TA |
Sheffield: NAPTA Workforce Development Programme flier |
Sheffield: Agenda and form for a network meeting |
Sheffield: Prompt for discussion about future network meetings |
Sheffield: HLTA News: November 2008 |
Moving on up to HLTA: Steven Green and Jane Knight |
What being an HLTA means: Tracy Klein |
Arbourthorne Community Primary School: Tracy Klein |
My journey to QTS: Karen Heeley |
Working with Teaching Assistants: Indicator 6 |
Course evaluation: Secondary support staff induction |
Sheffield: HLTA applications: Questions for candidates |
Sheffield: HLTA applications: Questions for headteachers |
Course evaluation: Staff CPD |
Sheffield: ILM first line management flier |
Sheffield: NVQ in Supporting Teaching & Learning flier |
Sheffield: Route map to HLTA status |
Taking the Lead: Working in Partnership flier |
Sheffield: Training & Development News: March 2005 |
Sheffield: Training & Development News: March 2006 |
Sheffield: Learning & Development Newsletter: March 2008 |
Sheffield: Learning & Development Newsletter: Autumn 2008 |
The Sheffield Guarantee: Support Staff Development Opportunities Framework |
The Sheffield Guarantee: Strategy |
INTEC: Support Staff Reviewer Training flier |
Sheffield: Support Staff Performance Management flier |
Sheffield: HLTA status: Online training needs analysis flier |
Taking the Lead: Jane Clay |
Taking the Lead: Working in Partnership |
Extract from an HLTA’s appraisal: 1 |
Extract from an HLTA’s appraisal: 2 |
Sheffield: Job description: HLTA |
Sheffield: Job description: Senior TA |
Working with Teaching Assistants: Job description template |
Working with Teaching Assistants: Performance management review template |
Sheffield: Job description: Secondary HLTA |
Working with Teaching Assistants: Indicator 1 |
Taking the Lead: Joanne Rawlings |
Advice about partnerships |
A lesson plan |
A class profile for Year 6 mathematics |
A literacy plan |
A multiplication worksheet |
DCSF: Raising Standards and Tackling Workload |
Working with Teaching Assistants: Indicator 3.1 |
Sheffield: HLTA Maths and Science Evaluation |
SYTAC: HLTA Research Report |
Working with Teaching Assistants: Indicator 2.2 |
A numeracy plan |
Oakwood School: Karon Ransom |
TA induction |
Support staff meetings |
Course evaluation: Managing lunchtime supervisors |
ILM: Evaluation form |
ILM: Self-analysis form |
HLTAs: A mentor's perspective: Sacha Schofield |
Course evaluation: Improving training in lifting and handling |
Working with Teaching Assistants: Indicator 2.1 |
Expectations of the lead HLTA |
Meeting notes |
Fir Vale School: Daphne Butters |
Tools
Activity guidance template |
Basic principles of action research |
Support and challenge |
Partnership learning |
Activity guidance: The process of change |
Handout: The process of change |
Presentation: Understanding processes of change |
Activity notes: The process of change |
Activity guidance: Taking the lead as a TA/HLTA |
Handout 1: Taking the lead as a TA/HLTA |
Handout 2: Action plan for development |
Activity notes: Taking the lead as a TA/HLTA |
Activity guidance: Classroom partnerships |
Handout: Classroom partnerships |
Activity notes: Classroom partnerships |
Questions for classroom partners |
Questions for school leaders |
TA/HLTA career record |
Being an HLTA |
TA/HLTA career record: Example 1 |
TA/HLTA career record: Example 2 |
TA/HLTA career record: Example 3 |
TA/HLTA career record: Example 4 |
Activity guidance: Effective HLTAs |
Handout: Effective HLTAs |
Activity notes: Effective HLTAs |
Inquiry questions |
Action plan |
Questions for heads of department |
Activity guidance: Teamwork |
Handout: Teamwork for teams of TAs/HLTAs and teachers |
Handout: Teamwork for teams of TAs/HLTAs/teachers and heads of department |
Activity notes: Teamwork |