[senco-forum] TA interview questions

From: "Richard Cook" <richard_cook at blueyonder.co.uk>

The Pedagogy in practice stuff from the LEA has a DVD ini t and one is a 
Year 8 geography lesson - we watched it at an INSET today - excellent stuff 
to help with TA training.
Janice
If you haven't seen it - ask your SLT or even the personnel 
lady......................it went out in 2004

Janice Wray
Secondary SENCO, Herts

>From: "Richard Cook" <richard_cook at blueyonder.co.uk>
>To: <HUPHREYL at aol.com>,<senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
>Subject: RE: [senco-forum] TA interview questions
>Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 21:11:23 +0100
>
>I'm interviewing on Friday.
>
>What I find extremely useful to enable the good ones to shine is firstly to
>put them in a lesson with an experienced TA.  This shows up those that get
>involved and engage with the pupils (Yrs 7&8).
>
>Secondly I give them a 30 minute task.  They are given a history text book
>(yr7) and told to differentiate the materials in a way that would make it
>accessable to a child they know.  I stress it doesn't need to be a
>worksheet.  They then have to discuss their materials with my SEN teacher.
>
>questions:
>
>Why do you want to work in this school?
>What educational book/article have you recently read, what impact did it
>have on your work?
>
>Richard
>
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>HUPHREYL at aol.com
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>To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
>Subject: [senco-forum] TA interview questions
>
>
>Hi
>I am going to be interviewing for secondary TA's next week, it has been
>very
>difficult to shortlist as we have had over a hundred applicants, we have
>narrowed it down to 8 to interview who all look very good on paper.
>Any ideas on questions to ask that will really tease out how good they will
>be.
>
>
>

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