Maximising the Practice of Teaching Assistants (MPTA)

Enhance your teaching environment with evidence-based strategies that empower pupils and maximise TA effectiveness.

MP01-25 Core Training

Format

1-day online training session 6 hours Including breaks for TAs (all timings can be customised to suit your setting)

Includes

· Summary of the latest research and guidance on the roles of TAs

· Practical strategies for sustained improvements in classroom practice including scaffolding as a framework for developing pupil independence

· Exercises designed to help participants reflect on current practice

· Strategies enabling TAs as effective contributors to Assessment for Learning

· Action planning – putting the strategies into action

· All e-resources including action research templates provided for download

Cost: £595 + VAT per school

MP02-25 Extended Training

(Attendance on the MPTA- Core Is a prerequisite for this course)

Format

Half day – 3 hours Including breaks online training session for TAs

(all timings can be customised to suit your setting)

Plus 1.5 hrs pre or post training session for teachers/SENCo

Includes

· Managing the delivery of intervention programmes effectively

· The role of TAs in supporting collaborative group work

· Action planning and review – putting the strategies into action

· Cost: £890 + VAT per school

MATs Prices for Multi-Academy Trusts please contact us at:

mpta@sendstation.co.uk

About the National MPTA Programme

MPTA is almost fully integrated into the bloodstream of educational debates and school practice in the UK, via successful collaborations with the Education Endowment Foundation and an on-going multimedia dissemination effort. MPTA has transformed perceptions of the potential and value of Teaching Assistants in hundreds of UK schools.

Developed and produced by University College London (UCL) the training utilises the latest research to ensure that the techniques shared are those most effective in supporting students. The MPTA programme uses materials and research from studies on Teaching Assistants and the provision of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) education, including the landmark Deployment and Impact of Support Staff (DISS) project.

The Training

This comprehensive full-day session with our licensed trainer provides Teaching Assistants with the skills to scaffold learning and support pupils to become confident, independent learners.

Our experienced trainer, Alexandria Hough has been trained by the MPTA team at UCL and licensed to deliver MPTA programme.

Having your MPTA training delivered by SEND Station you can be assured that the training is delivered by engaging experts. We are a leading provider of online SEND training – no one does online SEND training better! This module can be delivered at a time and place that suits your school or settings.

The training can be delivered as a one-day session for TAs as a standalone or as package which includes a pre or post 1.5 hr session for Teachers and SENCos to help inform and integrate the training into whole school policy and practice.

If you’d like to know more, have any questions or would simply like to book please contact us at:

mpta@sendstation.co.uk