Date
|
HLTA and School |
Key Stage |
July 2007
|
Larwood Special School
Jackie Whitaker:
- Delivers PPA time for her class teacher with another HLTA, Tash Theyara
- Is responsible for receiving pupils into the school from the taxis in the morning and seeing them off in the afternoon
- Is in charge of dining room arrangements at lunch-time
- Holds TA meetings
- Provides high level support for a Year 3 class
- Acts as an appraiser for other teaching assistants
|
KS2 |
June 2007 |
St John's JMI School, Lemsford
Judith Pewsey
Judith:
- teaches Literacy and Numeracy to Year 5 pupils from a combined Year 5/6 class for three mornings a week. This enables the class teacher to work intensively with Year 6 pupils in the run up to Key Stage 2 tests
- works with every class in Science for at least one lesson a week. Depending on individual circumstances, Judith might support the class teacher, team teach with her, or take the class with the teacher supporting her
- provides some of the PPA time for the Year 5/6 teacher by taking the class for Science
- is the school’s Science Co-ordinator
- runs a Young Investigators Club after school, which has resulted in 25 pupils receiving awards from Glaxo
|
KS1 and KS2 |
June 2007 |
Hemel Hempstead School
Melanie Davies
Melanie:
- works at a high level in the Maths department as part of a very effective team
- is the Year 7 Pastoral Support Manager
- visits primary schools as part of the school’s transition arrangements
- will give advice to teachers on differentiation, and makes sure that TAs provide support for statemented pupils effectively
- has complete responsibility for planning and delivering her work with an “entry level” student, who needs a lot of individual work
- becomes involved in a wide variety of other activities round the school
|
KS3 |
June 2007 |
St Luke's School
Jane Foster
The school benefits because:
- when teachers are absent for any reason disruption to pupils is minimal
- cover is provided by permanent, dedicated Learning Facilitators whose aim is to progress learning
- teachers know that the work that they leave will be delivered to a high standard
- St Luke’s has delivered the requirement for teachers to cover “rarely”
- the system is extremely cost effective
|
KS1 |
May 2007 |
Knutsford School
Jackie Sansom
Jackie:
- is the Lead teaching assistant in the school
- provides PPA time for Key Stage 1
- is general teaching assistant for Year 2
- covers Waive 3 SEN for Years 2 and 4
- delivers a speaking and listening intervention programme
- is a first aider
- is a staff governor
|
KS1 and KS2 |
May 2007 |
Homerswood Primary School
Linda Chilton
Linda:
- works as part of a genuine teaching team in the Reception class
- advances learning during the teacher’s PPA time
- provides continuity if the teacher is ill or on a course
- provides a sounding board for the head
- is on the governing body
|
KS1 |
May 2007 |
Cassiobury Infants School
Terri Adcock
Terri:
- is the nursery nurse in two Reception classes on a rotating half-termly basis. “This keeps things fresh and means I know 60 children well, not just 30.”
- provides PPA time in the reception classes and occasionally in Key Stage 1, so that teaching and learning for the pupils is consistent and seamless
- is the ICT co-ordinator
|
KS1 |
May 2007 |
Aldbury CE Primary School
Rose McNeill
Rose:
- provides PPA time for two classes, for which she gets time to prepare
- provides some of the cover when teachers are ill or on courses
- delivers the Early Literacy Strategy
- is the Team Leader for all the teaching assistants in the school
- has responsibility for the school website
|
KS1 and KS2 |
May 2007 |
Stream Woods JMI School
Carole Nash
Carole:
- advances learning when the Key Stage 1 teachers have their PPA time.
- provides continuity for pupils and their learning when one of their teachers is absent
- is the Senior Teaching Assistant
- is Play Leader at lunch-time
|
KS1 |
May 2007 |
Wheatfields Junior School
Nicola Cramphorn
Nicola:
- is the Senior TA, with management responsibility for other TAs
- is an NVQ assessor
- delivers PPA time by taking whole classes for ICT
- is also an important member of a year group
|
KS2 |
|
The Priory Secondary School
Angela Benucci
Angela:
- manages the Individual Study Centre, the success of which has:
- reduced exclusion levels in the school
- improved the behaviour of the most challenging students
- improved attendance of a range of pupils
- progressed the learning of those that have attended
- had a positive effect on behaviour generally
- runs a Homework Club which operates at lunch-times and after school
- runs workshops on anger management, building self-esteem, drug awareness and other topics
- organises a summer school for Year 6 pupils joining the following September
- and teaches a Year 7 Technology group with “superb results” (deputy head)
|
KS3 & KS4
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