Open Day held on 26th July 2010

Published on August 4th, 2010

We would like to thank all of you who attended our open day, especially those who travelled a distance to get here, it is really appreciated.
We are delighted at the response and the eagerness to find our more about e-learning through the college.
As a consequence we are looking at further open days during the coming months, especially to enlighten potential students on the new QCF qualifications due for launch in September 2010.
We do however invite existing TAs, and all those of you interested in becoming a Teaching Assistant to drop into the College anytime during the working week (9.00 – 4.30 Mon – Fri) for a chat with our tutors and assessors, and to view the student side of the website. you will all be most welcome.

The Teaching Assistant College is pleased to announce a special offer: For courses booked before the end of August 2010 we will reduce the normal price by 10%.

COBIS London

Published on May 18th, 2010

 

The Teaching Assistant College attended the Council of British International Schools (COBIS) held at the Royal Horseguard’s Hotel on the 15th – 17th May 2010.
The conference proved to be extremely successful for us, with very positive interest in the Teaching Assistant qualifications and INSET training from schools based in a wide range of locations!
It looks like the college is set to have another busy year with a record number of enquiries and bookings from international schools.

Teaching Assistant Training at The Sultan’s School Muscat

Published on December 12th, 2009

We were very pleased to bring Eva Cartwright, Principal of the Teaching Assistant’s College in the UK, out to Oman for some wonderful training opportunities for our Early Years and Key Stage 1 Teaching Assistants.  Eva’s background is Primary teaching, BEd (Hons) and she was also a curriculum manager and lecturer in a large college before founding the teaching assistant college 3 years ago. We also invited TAs from other schools in the local area; a total of 43 TAs from 6 schools attended the training.  Eva also ran a workshop for Early Years and Key Stage 1 Teachers at The Sultan’s School, who work with TAs on a daily basis.

The content of the 3 day TA program looked at: Supporting play, Behaviour management, Supporting group work, Supporting Pupils with English as an Additional Language and Differentiation. The training sessions were very interactive with lots of learning activities to get the TAs thinking about and discussing their role and considering the quality of the support they offer the pupils and the teacher they work with.

All handouts were translated into Arabic and the TAs received certificates of attendance for this course, outlining the work covered.  This course is an asset to their teaching portfolio and greatly enhances their CVs.  They can also go on from here to take NVQs to become qualified, internationally recognised Teaching Assistants.  (More information from www.tacollege.com)

Kate Gower

Head of Primary

12^th December 2009

We have won an award

Published on July 16th, 2009

The Teaching Assistant College have won UKTI Small Exporter of the Year Award. Click Here to see the video and details.