Working as a Teaching Assistant
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Location
Online(Course Link)
Dates
On Demand
Course Categories
Training and Education
Certficate
Yes()
Language
English
Course Fees
FreeNo. of Attendant
Unlimited
Acquired Skills/Covered Subjects
- Define and list the characteristics of a teaching assistant
- Distinguish between the roles of learning support assistants and teaching assistants
- Explain how goal-oriented schools operate
- Discuss the things to consider while working in school partnerships
- Describe ways in which a teaching assistant can assist learning and teaching in the classroom
- Explain how TAs can develop their career and potential
- Outline the school development plan and management structure
- Identify and explain the school policies affecting TAs
- Recognise the curriculum that a teaching assistant must know
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| Website | https://alison.com/ |
| About The Provider |
Alison is one of the world’s largest free
learning platforms for education and skills training. It is a for-profit social
enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything,
anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our
mission we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity,
prosperity, and equality for everyone. Alison was founded in Galway, Ireland, in 2007
and has grown organically to become a major force in free online education and
skills training. Today, with more than 13 million learners in 195 countries,
Alison is changing how the world learns and up-skills. They are committed to equality and access to
education and skills training irrespective of gender, geography, economic
status or any other barriers that can so often stunt potential. So they offer a
range of free courses that meet the many diverse needs of our learners. The UN
declared in Article 26 of the 1946 Declaration of Human Rights that “Education
shall be free…”. This statement will always inspire us. Alison was founded by Alison CEO, Mike Feerick. Mike is a businessman, but one with a
difference. He believes in social impact, and that you can build a financially
successful business focused on meeting a huge global social need, making
education and skills training more accessible for everyone. He invites anyone
who believes that too, to support the Alison mission.
Alison is free of charge to you. But it’s still
a business – albeit a socially-focused one. We are a social enterprise making
our money through advertising, merchandise, and the sale of Certificates and
Diplomas, should a graduate choose to buy one. |
spiring teaching assistants (TAs) need to know the essential attributes they should possess to succeed in the classroom. This teaching training course compares the roles of TAs and learning support assistants and explores various ways in which you can contribute as a team member. We explain how schools operate and show you how to stay up to date with current teaching methods and contribute where you can.
A TA must follow certain school policies. We look at these subheadings of school policies: curriculum and teaching policies, health and safety, confidentiality, child protection, discipline, behavioural management, equal opportunities and related policies. The course explains how an assistant can support teaching and learning in the classroom by cultivating a calming presence, understanding the audience, posing questions and challenges, introducing or explaining a subject and encouraging active learning through intervention and non-intervention strategies. We show you how to decide which of these methods is the most useful for assisting individual students to learn, succeed, think and ask questions independently.
The course then goes through the curriculum that a teaching assistant needs to understand, including the formal curriculum and its counterpart used for children under the age of five, among others. We discuss how to advance your career and earning potential. The position of a TA is extremely important in today's educational system because of the UK’s shift to an inclusive model of education that supports the integration of students with a range of abilities into regular classrooms. Anyone working in the field of education needs to understand what an ‘inclusive classroom’ looks like as this process unfolds. This dynamic makes the TA’s job more crucial than ever. This teacher assistant training course is open to anyone interested in working in a support role in education. Sign up to learn how to enrich the learning experience and launch your educational career.
