Making Best Use Of TAs

Which of these could be incorporated into an LSA’s role?

• Feedback

• Individualised instructions

• One to one support

• All of the above

Schools must break away from the '________' model of TA deployment. 

Which is not part of the "Scaffolding Framework"?

• Prompting

• Repeating

• Correcting

• Clueing

Instead of prioritising task completion and correction, TAs should be encouraged to give pupils ‘_______________’.

• the least amount of help first
• the answers
• encouragement
• commendation

What does an outstanding role of a TA look like?

• TAs are more involved in planning

• They team teach

• TAs help with assessing

• There is more ‘freedom’ in the lesson

Supplement ‘quality first’ teaching in the classroom, with clear ______ made between learning in each context

• links

• explanations

• answers

• language

What is not a characteristic of effective interventions?

• Not assessed

• Brief

• Carefully timetabled

• Regular

What type of literacy support can you give?

• Inferring

• Calculating

• Visualisation

• Questioning

From the 'Teacher-TA Agreement', what could you do during whole-class work?

• Assist with organising the student's equipment or planner

• Emphasise key vocabulary; record key words

• Model or role-play activities with teacher

• Use the ‘Scaffolding framework’ to ensure pupils are offered the ‘least amount of help first’

There are _______ key recommendations based on the report for MBuoTAs.