teaching assistant level 3

question 1 In your own words summarise the major learning points from the whole of the study programme with particular reference to: # Communication and professional relationships with children, young people and adults # Schools as organisations # Understanding child and young person development # Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people Question 2 (Weighting: 50) With reference to your own learning, summarise how you will be able to utilise these theories when working in an everyday situation.

Introduction

The teaching assistant is a person who works in schools to assist the teachers. To play this role in school, they need to achieve certain skills required for this particular field. The teaching assistant level three course is an advance course for the students undertaking teaching assistant course, the course is especially for those students who have more interest in gaining knowledge about the principles of the teaching or class assistant practices. The assignment briefly discusses the role of teaching staffs and the details of this course and related practices. The assignment also involves the learner’s own view about the course learning and their applications.

Answer 1

Communication and professional relationship with children, young people and adults

The teaching program focuses on building positive relationship with children, it also focuses on building skills related to the related to helping children to build cognitive behavior related to positive relation with peers and adult, as well as with the friends while learning and playing (Cartwright, 2012). Positive communication skills development is important for developing positive relation, for which more exchange of information is needed. The positive relation can be made through effective communication, and children learn that what they observe. Therefore, the teaching assistants should adopt effective communication skills and implement those in daily activities with children. Children should be provided enough scope to talk, for developing their communication skills and confidence, teaching staffs should always listen to children by looking into their eyes, showing the sign of interest, making positive relationship. Children are more convinced about the behavioral aspects and the relation can be developed with positive facial expression and body language (Cooch, 2012). Giving reaction upon their comment is one of the vital part for developing relationship. To develop professional relationship with adults and young people teaching staffs should be aware of the context of communication and communication difference. Different ICT software can be used to build relation with the parents and young people.

School as organization

The teaching staffs should be prepared to work at school. To do it, they should know the educational system, structure and policies of the organization. They should know about the roles of teaching staffs and the mission of the school. To complete this unit, students should know about the legislations, which are followed by the organization (Dunn and Zanzucchi, 2012). They should know the responsibilities of government bodies, SENCO, supporting staffs, management, teachers, and their effects on the learning programs. To know the organization one should know the mission, vision, aim and the values of organization. Teaching assistants should also know policies and principles regarding teaching and parental engagement (Fairbrother, 2012). School policies and environmental affects the learning practices and student development.

Development of child and young person

This unit is concerned about the stages of development of the children and young people. There are different dimensions of development of a child, emotional, cognitive, and physical, language, intellectual etc. The course highlights the development of children in these dimensions according to the developmental stages. Providing material and space for physical development is important for the development of young people (Hayes, 2012). The social development can be supported with proper guidance and providing space for teamwork, making them more socialize, provision of opportunity for sharing their activities and decisions. Emotional development can be supported with the provision of security, helping them to express what they feel upon activities. The intellectual properties can be developed by assisting them to use their senses, involving them into memory games etc. The teaching program highlights the necessary activities should be involved in the particular developmental stage of child and young people for these developments (Schwartz and Wehlburg, 2012).