Membership
NAPTA membership offers a range of benefits designed to make a significant contribution to:
- support staff CPD
- preparation for inspection
- workforce reform
- improving the work-life balance of leadership teams.
Full school membership
Schools who are committed to the development of their support staff and are determined to demonstrate this can become full members of NAPTA. These schools receive an impressive package of guidance, support and resources.
Benefits
Benefits include:
- Inclusive use of NAPTA’s two highly-acclaimed profiling systems that will enable you to gather essential information on all of your support staff and engage them effectively.
- A detailed report and Development Signposts document for the whole school – crucial information for institutional planning.
- Individual reviews for each member of staff – ideal starting points for performance management reviews and target setting.
- Extensive Development Resources to help organise affordable, effective CPD, including:
- well-supported core skills sessions mapped to individual needs
- CPD portfolio-building guidance and resources
- wide-ranging self-study and reference materials
- rich sets of classroom support materials
- skills frameworks for different job roles.
- The chance to be awarded a Cambridge Institute of Technology (INTEC) Certificate of Inclusive Performance Management.
- The latest set of NAPTA Leadership Resources – a rich set of materials for leadership teams and support staff managers covering: performance management; preparation for inspection; improving intervention, PPA and cover strategies; and organising affordable CPD.
- An arresting poster for the staff noticeboard setting out the school’s commitment and the benefits of association for individual members of support staff.
- Regular newsletters for both support staff managers and their teams.
- Extensive support for all from the NAPTA Web site including: reference material; ask the expert feature; and a range of newsletters.
Read about others’ experiences as shown in NAPTA members’ testimonials.