An essential aspect of a teacher’s role is the effective deployment of support staff in lessons. My new school has an excellent in-class support system. This includes teaching assistants who support students with additional learning needs, as well as teaching assistants who work in the school’s specialist autism provision.
The autism provision is one of only two in the local education authority, and its existence means that our school has a higher number of students with ASD than other schools in the area.
Prior to becoming assistant inclusion manager (my role prior to my ITT), I worked as a teaching assistant for an academic year. This gave me invaluable insight into how different practitioners deploy support staff in their lessons.
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