National Association of Professional Teaching Assistants (NAPTA)
Identifying and meeting the training needs of teaching assistants is
becoming ever more important as their role becomes more complex. The
National Association of Professional Teaching Assistants (NAPTA) has
developed a Professional Development Review, a computer-based self-assessment
tool that highlights teaching assistants’ strengths and any areas
that they feel would benefit from professional development.
The four strands contained in the questionnaire are:
- The National Occupational Standards for Teaching Assistants
- The National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) for Teaching Assistants
at Levels 2 and 3
- The Professional Standards for Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
status
- The underlying skills required to undertake any of the National Workload
Agreement’s 21 tasks.
We are now able to offer the following service to all schools:
- A visit to the school by a Leading Teaching Assistant who will administer
the questionnaire with your teaching assistants and/or support staff
(each member of staff will need use of a computer for this).
- A detailed report from NAPTA for each Teaching Assistant and an aggregated
report for the school. This will be delivered to the headteacher
or nominated representative at a feedback session.
- To support schools in meeting some of the training needs of their
teaching assistants following the NAPTA profile, we will provide a copy
of the NAPTA toolkit. This is an extensive collection of CD based resources.
Further details will be available at the feedback session when schools
collect their reports.
The total charge to schools for this will be £10 per teaching assistant. The
NAPTA Professional Development Review is an excellent first step in ensuring
that “support staff have the appropriate skills, experience and
knowledge to carry out their enhanced duties.” (Ofsted guidance
to inspectors).
NAPTA Sample School Report
NAPTA Sample Individual Report
We believe that this will enable both schools and Children, Schools and
Families to target professional development more effectively.
Further details are available from Debra Parsall Tel: 01438 844867 or Email: debra.parsall@hertscc.gov.uk. (Please check with your headteacher or professional
development co-ordinator first).
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