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What Works Jan 18th 2016WIS Presentation
Using LSAs in the classroom: An alternative approach
Wendy Harris
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What is an LSA?
What is their role?
What is their purpose?
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Teacher or LSA?The teacher plans lessons and directs learning
The LSA provides support to the teacher and through this to students and to the teaching of the curriculum
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Effective practice for using the LSA will:• foster the participation of students in the social and academic
processes of a school
• seek to enable students to become more independent learners
• help to raise standards of achievement for all students
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What is a shadow LSA?
Does a shadow LSA mean effective practice?
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Head of Inclusion
Achievement Centre Co- ordinator (SEN)
15 LSAsSubject teachers
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What we do- Wave 3 level of support- LSAs linked to faculty areas- LSAs specialising in areas of SEN
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ENGLISH 3MATHS 3
SCIENCE 3
HUMANITIES 3
VAPA 1
LANGUAGES 1
ARABIC 1
Include LSAs in your planning
‘Dedicated planning time is essential if support is to be effective’ (Stephanie Lorenz, Effective In-Class Support)
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Why?Where LSAs have been included in the planning, the quality of support is seen to be much higher and the outcomes significantly better than where LSAs are left to pick up the threads of a lesson alongside the students they are supposed to be supporting
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Short term planningShort-term planning may involve a few minutes to inform the LSA in advance of the lesson, with both an explanation by the teacher of his or her plans and conversation between the teacher and the LSA about the LSA’s contribution.
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Medium term planningMedium-term plans will generally require a longer conversation between the teacher and the LSA, once a term or more. It is important to try to fit in this time, as the more the LSA knows about the lessons, the more help and support they can offer. - Ensure to invite them to meetings- Supply them with schemes of work
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Develop feedback mechanisms
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Why?As a member of your team, an LSA is in a good position to - observe student performance- provide the teacher with valuable thoughts on what works for
students, what obstacles to learning they encounter, and the effectiveness of classroom processes and organisation
Feedback to the teacher by the LSA after group or individual work should contribute to the teacher’s assessment of the relevant students and provides information that is valuable in planning their future work.
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Use your LSA creatively and wisely
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Involve your LSAs in the Performance Management Process
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What we do
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Autumn Observations
Spring PM targets set
Summer Training
scheduled and Objectives Reviewed