Ask any parent or teacher what they think of the teacher aides at their school, and you’ll hear words such as awesome, wonderful, worth their weight in gold, angels, superheroes, legends and more….

We couldn’t agree more, and want to share with you why we think teacher aides make a difference.

Are teacher education programs addressing the changing role of teacher aides to ensure that our future teachers have the skills to work effectively with education support staff in an inclusive learning environment?

Collaboration is about how school leaders, teachers and teacher aides work together to ensure that our students have the best chance of becoming successful learners. A whole school collaborative approach enables both teachers and teacher aides to use evidence based practices to effectively support student learning. Whereas schools have the tools and resources to measure the impact of teacher effectiveness on student outcomes, evidence based data on effective teacher aide practices is relatively new.