Making the move from TA to teacher with Rob Webster (sponsored)

With schools struggling to recruit and teacher training targets being regularly missed, the TA workforce is surely a resource to be utilised. With  over 260,000 TAs in the UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2018) , upskilling just a fraction of these experienced classroom aficionados would help stem the shortage.

So what’s the catch? We speak to UCL Institute of Education’s Rob Webster, who leads the  Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants (http://maximisingtas.co.uk/)  initiative, about how TAs can make the step up.

We also talk to Niall Robinson, a former TA and now a year-5 teacher, about how he found the transition to qualified teacher status.

This sponsored podcast was produced in association with Tes Institute, who have helped many TAs become qualified teachers through their Straight to Teaching course.

Find out more about Tes Institute’s Straight to Teaching course here. (https://www.tes.com/institute/straight-to-teaching-qts)   

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With schools struggling to recruit and teacher training targets being regularly missed, the TA workforce is surely a resource to be utilised. With over 260,000 TAs in the UK, upskilling just a fraction of these experienced classroom aficionados would help stem the shortage.

So what’s the catch? We speak to UCL Institute of Education’s Rob Webster, who leads the Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants initiative, about how TAs can make the step up.

We also talk to Niall Robinson, a former TA and now a year-5 teacher, about how he found the transition to qualified teacher status.

This sponsored podcast was produced in association with Tes Institute, who have helped many TAs become qualified teachers through their Straight to Teaching course.

Find out more about Tes Institute’s Straight to Teaching course here.  

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.