Materials for teachers: Working with Classroom Assistants
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section 1 The Context
Section 2 Establishing Priorities
Section 3 Roles and Responsibilities
- Who does what?
- Really sharing
- Rules? What rules? Whose rules?
- Acting together
Section 4 Supporting Children's Learning
- How does this class work?
- When and how to support
- Working with a group
- Helping develop skills
Section 5 Working Together 55
- What helps?
- Shared planning and evaluation
- Communicating value and trust
- Leading the team
Section 6 Evaluating and Developing
- Evaluating informally
- A tool to support development
- Who needs to act?
- Using performance indicators