Having a teaching assistant in the classroom presents great opportunities and also great challenges. Getting them to sharpen the pencils is useful. It means you always have great pencils. However, could this person do more? Should they do more? If so, how? No teacher training course ever covers this important area.

We examine what the job of a TA actually is, what each needs to be able to do the job properly and how you can work together to promote learning in a way that is not possible on your own.