Teaching Assistant Role

In essence, inclusive teaching means teaching in ways that do not exclude learners, accidentally or intentionally, from opportunities to learn. By inclusive we mean valuing the contribution of learners regardless of their backgrounds and value systems. It is not about providing ‘remedial’ or ‘special’ measures for certain groups of learners.

A teaching Assistant might help to meet the requirements of school health, hygiene and medical

After reading chapters one and two of the book “Exceptional lives”, I could more easily understand special education. As a teacher, I will mostly likely have many students with disabilities in my class throughout my career. With

The focus of this assignment is the key factors that influence inclusive teaching and learning and how it is incorporated into my specialist subject area. It is likely that you will be teaching a diverse group of students – from various backgrounds, with differing levels of prior learning and expectations, as well as different learning needs. Taking an inclusive approach when teaching will help to ensure that your teaching meets everyone’s needs enabling students to learn effectively. As a result students will feel that they belong in the classroom and learning environment. Inclusive learning means treating all of your students fairly and equally.

Inclusive practice in education moves us away from ‘integration’ and ‘mainstreaming’ of learners, which was mainly concerned with separating those with a disability or ‘special educational needs’ until they had reached the required standard for mainstream education. Inclusion is about the learner’s right to participate and the teacher/ institutions duty to accept the learner as an individual. Inclusion rejects the separation of learners with disabilities from learners without disabilities; instead it promotes equality and respect for their social, civil, human and educational rights. From what I can see there are few totally inclusive schools but those that are, restructure their curriculum so all can learn

Creating an inclusive learning environment is an extremely important aspect of modern education, which, according to Gravells (2008: p18), ensures that “[…] all learners are entitled to be treated with respect and dignity. Everyone is an individual, with different experiences, abilities and needs.” She also offers a brief explanation of inclusivity (2008: p18), which is “[…] involving all learners in relevant activities rather than excluding them for any reason directly or indirectly.” Inclusion has also been defined by John Tomlinson (1996: p26) as “the greatest degree of match or fit between individual learning requirements and provision”. In the other words, inclusive learning environment nurtures individual potential of all learners,

1.1 I work as a Special Education Needs Teacher Assistant (SEN TA) in a year two classroom in a primary school; it is a small school with one class of around thirty children for each year, ranging from reception to year 6. In year two I work with aged 6-7 year old children, one teacher and a teacher assistant.

Whilst the role of the SENCO is varied, in most school’s it is the SENCO who is responsible for managing and deploying Teaching Assistants (TAs). According to the DfE, since 2000 the number of full time TAs has increased from 79,000 to 243,700, with 15% of these being in the secondary sector. This initial increase could be attributed to the Green Paper published in 1998 by the government, which set out their proposals to improve the teaching profession and raise standards of pupil performance (DfE, 1998). Their intention was to address the critical issue of support for teachers in the classroom, by increasing the numbers of TAs in schools by 20,000 (Blatchford et al, 2003).

As I started my undergraduate journey, I never thought I would end up where I am now. When I entered college, I thought that my degree in chemistry would be a stepping-stone on the way to medical school. My one and only goal, at the start of college, was to work as hard as I could to ensure that I would one day become a doctor. However, along the way I figured out that medical school was not where my passions lie.

Whilst researching this subject in depth, you come to understand how many teachers could view this as quite complex, but does it have to be? Well after reading so much myself my views didn’t change.

Beginning on September 16th, I will become a Teacher’s Assistant. This position is temporary and for the fall only. Therefore, I am seeking a post-graduate full time position that will begin after May of 2017.

I am applying to be a teacher assistant for the 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Dickson. The reason I want to become a TA is because I think I would like to become a teacher. By watching and assisting the teacher this would allow me to have hands on experience. I think this experience would help me to decide if becoming a teacher would be a good fit for me.

Critically analyse the significance of theories, principles and models of inclusive curriculum to the design and implementation of programmes of study, within two different contexts

So far most of the activities that I follow is the organization's activities and committees. I follow the activities normally associated publications, finance, or manage the event. In the 1st semester I get the value (GPA) that is less good, but it is not decided me to keep abreast of the organization's activities because I think more and more things that I follow the greater the sense of responsibility that I have, so I will be more clever in managing time.

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