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Communication and Teamwork for Support Staff (Developing your professional persona)
- The target audience for this course is all support staff and in particular Teaching Assistants and lunchtime supervisors but other support staff roles in school are welcome too
This course has been developed to support Teaching Assistants and other Support Staff in schools to establish themselves as fully functional members of whole school and classroom teams. It is based on the ethos of developing and enhancing professional credibility in support roles so that all school employees can trust, understand and respect the roles of one another and work more effectively together on behalf of the whole school. It will explore the basics of how to work together with professionally qualified teachers and other professionals with whom they need to communicate and liaise on a regular basis. TAs/Support Staff are often advocates for pupils in our schools and can often be a useful conduit between teachers and pupils, teachers and parents and often their colleagues across the wider school too. This course focuses strongly on developing effective skills to be and remain professional at all times and in all situations in order to ensure that relationships in schools develop positively and develop effectively for the good of all stakeholders in the school community.
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Jane Walton, External Consultant, The TA Advisor
Jane Walton is known to most Rochdale schools and their staff, having been responsible for developing and managing training and qualifications for RMBC support staff, in both Adult Education and the School Improvement Service from 1998 to 2013.
Jane is now a free-lance trainer, developing and delivering bespoke training to schools around the North-West, West Yorkshire, the Midlands, and occasionally abroad.
A key feature of Jane’s work is in supporting CPD leaders as they find their way through the qualifications frameworks and access training and development that ties in coherently with their school development plan requirements. Her focus is on developing the “professional persona” of all support staff enabling them to view themselves as co-professionals with teachers and to have confidence in their role, context, responsibilities and abilities to enable and empower pupils to enjoy, achieve and succeed.
Hopwood Hall College
Free parking is available onsite - just press the buzzer at the barrier and say you're here for a REAL Trust event.
How to get here
By Road: The Rochdale campus is 2.6 miles from junction 20 off the M62. Follow the signs for Rochdale town centre
By Rail: Rochdale train station is a ten minute walk from the Rochdale Campus through the town centre. It is also a Metrolink station, Manchester’s light railway system, which links Rochdale with Oldham, Bury and Manchester City Centre.
By Bus: The Rochdale bus station is approximately 5 minutes’ walk from the Rochdale campus. There are frequent bus services throughout the borough which terminate in Rochdale.