[senco-forum] TA minimum qualifications

Hi Hazel

  I don't have a single TA with an NVQ3.  Three have a CLANSA (Certificate in Literacy and Numeracy for Teaching Assistants) but the rest have no TA qualifications at all - except loads of relevant experience and real, valued expetese in supporting in classrooms.

  Do LAs or schools ask for a qualification before appointing TAs in other areas?  

  Amanda
  Secondary SENCO
  Cornwall

Hazed2 at aol.com wrote:

Hope this helps....after taking early retirement I now teach prospective TAs 
in the local college. The qualification is the NVQ3 Teaching Assistant 
qualification .
It is quite intensive and covers all aspects of school life, classes and 
situations . The students have to produce a hefty portfolio and also have to 
have 6 hours a week inschool experience for a minimum of 30 weeks.
The NVQ3 is now the qualification that most authorities recognise as the 
minimum for a TA. The old NNEB is generally recognised for preschool , nursery 
and playgroups, although established TAs with this qualification are still in 
employment.

Hazel Edwards
Barrow-in-Furness

Amanda
Secondary SENCO
Cornwall