Teaching Assistant Conference (Wiltshire)

The Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust

This session is for DSAT Teaching Assistants, please note this is a repeat session. TA's need only attend once over the course of the year.

St Martin's CE Primary School

DSAT Collaborative Professional Learning

A collection of CPL events which will support you in gaining knowledge, deepening understanding and building thriving professional networks across the Trust.  Free to all DSAT colleagues. Please email office@dsat.org.uk for more information.

This event will be hosted by James Tucker and Alice Martin - Dorset NHS. It is open to TAs from Dorset and Wiltshire schools.Face to face conference of expert-led CPL, professional discussion and collaboration.How do we notice the learning need and support and scaffold to allow all children to achieve and move towards independence?We will hear from Alice Martin, a lead practitioner from the Dorset Mental Health Support in Schools Team, who will guide us through the common behaviours we see, where they stem from and what we can do about them to ensure all children flourish.In the afternoon, we will then unpick the latest guidance around being a highly effective Teaching Assistant and how the role enables us to lead children toward independence (both academically and socially and emotionally).Pre-reading:<a href="https://snacks.pepsmccrea.com/p/the-success-loop" title="https://snacks.pepsmccrea.com/p/the-success-loop" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Success Loop</a> <a href="https://researchschool.org.uk/huntington/news/effective-teacher-teaching-assistant-communication" title="https://researchschool.org.uk/huntington/news/effective-teacher-teaching-assistant-communication" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Effective teacher - teaching assistant… | Huntington Research School</a> (this blog is particularly useful for school leaders and teachers to read)If you require a Disabled parking space or have additional access needs, require any adaptions to make the day more accessible for you, or if you have any allergies we need to be aware of, please let Siobhan know on <a href="mailto:office@dsat.org.uk" title="mailto:office@dsat.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">office@dsat.org.uk</a> .

Desired outcomes:· To deepen understanding of social emotional wellbeing· To understand factors that affect children’s emotional, personal and behavioural needs and know strategies to support these· To gain strategies to support children with their social emotional wellbeing in the context of your role and school· To understand how to best support children towards independence· To be able to network and form strong relationships with practitioners across the Trust To share relevant evidence-based research and be aware of approaches for sharing this back in own school settings.

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