Role development
These case studies outline how some schools and colleges have extended the role of their support staff over time.
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Whole-school audits in planning of support staff requirements
If you are a school seeking to address the balance of administrative tasks undertaken by teachers and support staff read on to find out how Arthur Mellows tackled the issue through audits.
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New staffing model allows teachers to receive accredited training
Having been recruited to the pathfinder programme, Horton Lodge Community Special School has taken positive steps to help its staff by developing a new staffing model.
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School technician works as valuable support staff member
Haberdashers' use the skills and capabilities of technicians to assist the work of teachers in Key Stage 3 Design and Technology and to act as cover supervision in the department when teachers are absent. This was a forerunner to the National Agreement to tackle teachers' workload.
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Changes to school infrastructure and support systems
This case study describes how the school has begun to restructure the roles and responsibilities of both teaching and support staff in order to provide better support to teachers and pupils and raise standards.
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Passing on vocational expertise through support staff
This case study describes how employing specialist support staff can provide support for the teachers and reduce teacher workload.
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Support staff take on 24 tasks
This case study deals with the recruitment and deployment of resource assistants to provide support for teachers and to help reduce teacher workload.
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Support staff and examination administration
This case study describes how extending the role of support staff (in examination administration) can reduce teachers' workload.
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The benefits of support staff
Glyn Technology School has expanded the roles of many of its support staff and TAs to take over several functions previously undertaken by teachers. They are involved in attendance monitoring, mentoring difficult students and parental contacts.
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Using existing staff for extra school support
With the support of the school, the school secretary has taken over responsibility for making arrangements for supply cover and covering lessons for absent staff and preparation of invigilation timetables for exams - work which had previously been done by a member of the senior teaching staff.
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Admin support assistants gain responsibility for detention
This case study describes how Admin Support Assistants can take on administrative responsibilities, like in aspects of a detention system, in order to reduce teacher workload.
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Science technicians take a more active role in the classroom
This case study describes how the deployment of technical support staff can support the pupils and raise standards in Science. It also deals with the management of support staff.
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Dealing with the challenges of disadvantage and underperformance
Firth Park Community College has recently undergone a radical overhaul of its approaches to the provision of teaching, in order to deal with its challenges by recognising the greater contribution that TAs could make.
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Developing the role of support staff
This case study describes how a school, committed to reducing the administrative burden on teaching staff, has established, through the developing role of support staff, a model of practice where by all staff work together in supporting the students and raising standards.
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Training and developing support staff
Following a request from support staff to have their own performance management, the school went about providing them with training and development.
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A different way of running a Sixth Form
Traditionally two senior teaching staff ran the Sixth Form Centre and there were times when both were teaching. The school decided to put in place a new structure placing strategic running of the Sixth Form Centre with the Assistant Head and the tactical issues in the hands of a non-teaching Sixth Form co-ordinator.
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Reducing the pressure of covering for colleagues
This case study describes how the school went about reducing the administrative and bureaucratic workload for teachers with specific emphasis on reducing the pressures of covering for absent colleagues. At Denefield it was not uncommon for teachers to give up approximately 20% of planning time to provide this cover.
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Investing in support staff
This case study describes how the school has chosen to invest in more support staff in order to reduce the administrative burden on teachers so they can focus on teaching and continue to raise standards.
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Recognising the potential of support staff
The school realised that it was not making the most of the talents of its support staff or focusing clearly on their needs and set about establishing procedures to involve support staff in the life of the school and to recognise and acknowledge their valuable contribution.
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Using non-teaching staff for Examination Officer roles
West Park recommends transferring examination duties to non-teaching staff. The school hopes to gain significant teaching hours from such a move.
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ICT for Success – ICT training for Teaching Assistants
ICT for Success provides ICT pedagogy and hands-on skills training to enable teaching assistants to better support teaching and learning and the work of school learning departments.
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