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Managing the trainingThe aim of Core Skills Enrichment is to offer introductory training that sets out key principles as well as aspects of practice. Some sessions (eg those looking at the use of ICT to support learning) may lead into full courses run by the authority or others. Therefore, the content of these sessions is not intended to be comprehensive or exhaustive, merely a starting point in getting teaching assistants to think about essential issues and then consider whether they need further training. A document which maps the training sessions to the National Occupational Standards has been provided: Training sessions are generally 1.5 hours in length and can stand alone or be combined to fit in with normal twilight, half-day or full-day INSET. Within the tutor’s guidance for each session, there are several activities with approximate timings that do not always add up to 1.5 hours. This has been done deliberately to allow some flexibility. The interests and abilities of different groups of teaching assistants will vary, which means that some groups will want to spend more or less time on specific activities. The tutor should make use of this flexibility to personalise the activities so that they fit the needs of the group more effectively. Tutors may also wish to supplement the training sessions; a list of useful links has been provided. The training sessions have been designed for a group of teaching assistants – enough to organise into several groups of two or three individuals. It has not been automatically assumed that the trainees all come from the same school, enabling training to take part internally or across a cluster of schools. Planning formsSeveral planning forms to help run the training sessions have been provided. A planning sheet for tutors to record when and with whom they have done each session has been included. This can also be used as record of progress/scheme of work and is ideal for providing evidence for OFSTED: A personal record sheet that trainees can place in their CPD portfolio: A ‘notification form’ that can be put on a noticeboard to say when and where a session is running, the title of the session and who is in the group: A template that tutors can use to create their own handouts: Certificates that tutors can give to trainees when they have completed training sessions: |
Standards map
Tutor session planning sheet
Handout template