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Understand teamwork in schools and colleges

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‘Professional standards for teaching assistants: Advice for headteachers, teachers, teaching assistants, governing boards and employers’

These standards were originally drafted for the Department for Education but have been published by a group of organisations. Read the section on ‘Working with others’ and any other sections relevant to your role.

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Click to read ‘Teachers and TAs: how to create the perfect partnership’ from the Guardian newspaper which looks at how close collaboration, or teamwork, is vital to get best results.
This article by Dennis Sparks is called ‘Strong teams, strong schools’ and looks at the benefits of good teamwork within a school.
Click to read 'Bruce Tuckman: The Forming, Storming, Norming & Performing Team Development Model’ on the Culture at Work website

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