How to be a Successful Teaching Assistant
1st Edition
Published on 10. March 2007
154 pages
978-1-4411-5658-7 (ISBN)
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-5658-7 (9781441156587)
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Jill Morgan
How to be a Successful Teaching Assistant
Book
03/2007
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
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Person
Jill Morgan has worked with Teaching Assistants for the last 14 years both in the US and the UK. She currently teaches on the Foundation Degree in Learning Support at Swansea Institute of Higher Education, UK (SIHE), and is also an Independent Education and Training Consultant.
Content
Introduction
1. What is a TA
- Defining the role
- Levels of responsibility
- Qualifications
2. Your role
- Responding to individual student needs
- Evaluating students progress
- Working with the teacher
- Skills you can bring to the job
- Dealing with problems
3. Behaviour management
- Practical strategies on behaviour management
3. Being an effective member of the team
- Legal requirements
- Working with your supervisor
- Practical suggestions on becoming a more effective team member
4. Useful information
- Organisations, websites, publications and relevant guidelines
1. What is a TA
- Defining the role
- Levels of responsibility
- Qualifications
2. Your role
- Responding to individual student needs
- Evaluating students progress
- Working with the teacher
- Skills you can bring to the job
- Dealing with problems
3. Behaviour management
- Practical strategies on behaviour management
3. Being an effective member of the team
- Legal requirements
- Working with your supervisor
- Practical suggestions on becoming a more effective team member
4. Useful information
- Organisations, websites, publications and relevant guidelines
