The Teaching Assistant College will be holding events for Teaching Assistants throughout the year, these events will consist of workshop sessions relating to different aspects of being a Teaching Assistant...
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 [...]
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 [...]
Why Become a Teaching Assistant?
What was the last rewarding thing that you did?
Did it involve helping someone? Did it involve making someone else feel good about themselves? Was it because you helped someone achieve something that they wouldn’t have been able to do without your support?
How did it make you feel afterwards?
Imagine having that feeling every day. As a Teaching Assistant your support really will make a difference, if you already work as a TA you’ll know exactly what we mean. Imagine how you will feel when a child does something new for the first time because of what you’ve shown them, or a pupil suddenly grasps something that they’ve been really struggling with, that is what makes a career as a Teaching Assistant really worthwhile.
In school everyone is working towards the same goals, with the pupils the centre of everything that goes on. In school you may work with a variety of different people, teachers, subject specialists, special needs professionals, parents and other teaching assistants and many more, all with the children’s needs influencing everything they do.
Be part of something amazingly rewarding, become a Teaching Assistant.
