ABSTRACT

A Teaching Assistant's Guide to Completing NVQ Level 3 is a must-have for all teaching assistants embarking on this course, and invaluable reading for tutors and assessors.

This textbook addresses both the performance and knowledge requirements of the course. A key element of your NVQ Teaching Assistant course is to show evidence that you can apply your knowledge to everyday classroom activities, and students often find this is their biggest challenge. This book provides a range of tried-and-tested materials and practical advice on how to gather evidence that covers key performance indicators, to ensure that you complete your course successfully. This essential guide:

  • gives detailed guidance on how to collect evidence from a variety of sources to match performance indicators
  • provides photocopiable templates for teacher/teaching assistant discussions on roles and responsibilities, appraisals and self-appraisals
  • gives examples of IEPs and Behaviour Plans
  • provides the necessary underpinning knowledge in a clear and reader-friendly manner
  • provides summaries of relevant legislation and national documents.

Following the new and updated occupational standards (2007) for Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools, this textbook offers truly invaluable advice for NVQ level 3 students. Including extracts of imaginary evidence the book follows the experiences of imaginary candidates, showing how they successfully put forward their portfolios of evidence to complete the course.

Highly practical, rooted in everyday classroom practice and very closely tied to NVQ course requirements, this accessible book is an essential comprehensive guide for all students, as well as tutors, assessors and teachers supporting candidates for this course.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

Overview of NVQ course – what you need to know before you begin

chapter 1|26 pages

Help to keep children safe

chapter 2|37 pages

Support pupils' learning activities

chapter 3|36 pages

Promote positive behaviour

chapter 4|19 pages

Develop and promote positive relationships

chapter 6|17 pages

Reflect on and develop practice

chapter 7|9 pages

Common themes

In alphabetical order

chapter 9|15 pages

Support literacy development

chapter 10|13 pages

Support numeracy development

chapter 11|14 pages

Contribute to assessment for learning

chapter 12|13 pages

Support bilingual/multilingual pupils