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  • Support for early career teachers
  • Education Development Trust
  • Year 1: Second half-term: a people profession

    • Learning outcomes

    The intended outcomes of this activity are for you to:

    Learn that:

    • Pupils’ investment in learning is also driven by their prior experiences and perceptions of success and failure.
    • Building effective relationships with parents, carers and families can improve pupils’ motivation, behaviour and academic success.
    • Teaching assistants (TAs) can support pupils more effectively when they are prepared for lessons by teachers, and when TAs supplement rather than replace support from teachers.
    • SENCO’s, pastoral leaders, careers advisors and other specialist colleagues also have valuable expertise and can ensure that appropriate support is in place for pupils.

    Learn how to communicate a belief in the academic potential of all pupils, by:

    • Seeking opportunities to engage parents and carers in the education of their children (e.g. proactively highlighting successes).

    Learn how to build effective working relationships, by:

    • Communicating with parents and carers proactively and making effective use ofparents’ evenings to engage parents and carers in their children’s schooling.