eTAPS Module 4 Preview - How to Give Effective Feedback to Teachers

The recording of this webinar is available in the Professional Development library, under eTAPS.

This is a preview of Module 4: How to Give Effective Feedback to Teachers, from the Effective Teacher Aide Practices for Schools program, eTAPS. Learn about the role of formative feedback after a support lesson, and the role of teacher and teacher aide collaboration in the learning and assessment process.

ATA helps LSOs at Kolbe Catholic College get the best possible learning outcomes from students

21 June, 2021

Kolbe Catholic College located in the outer suburbs of Melbourne in Victoria, has a diverse population of secondary school students, including refugees, and many students who require adjustments to be made through quality differentiated teaching practice.

New Professional Growth Framework for Teaching Assistants

09 May, 2024

Australian Teacher Aide recently facilitated the second of three workshops to schools in the Australian Teaching Assistant Professional Standards (ATAPS) School Pilot program.

TA Led Interventions Improve Student Literacy and Numeracy Results

19 February, 2017

Recently, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) trialled seven TA led literacy and numeracy intervention programs, with a 100% success rate. Rob Webster, from the UCL Institute of Education, whose research has focused on the impact of teaching assistants, said that ‘a 100% success rate, over seven trials, is almost unheard of, and there is something unignorable about the impact of teacher aides.’

The teacher aides at Rosella Park School give students a voice

28 July, 2021

We recently had the pleasure to meet Deb Bradshaw and Carmel Pitt, to find out how the dedicated teacher aides at Rosella Park School, in Gladstone, Queensland, help their students to learn and succeed.

Recognising and valuing the work of teaching assistants

08 July, 2024

The Australian Teaching Assistant Professional Standards (ATAPS) recognises and values the work of teaching assistants and provides schools with an evidence based framework to support their performance and professional growth.

Inclusive Practices In Schools - Who Is Responsible?

24 April, 2017

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?

Webinar - 15 February, 2022

Using Peer Observation to Plan Professional Development

The recording of this webinar is available in the Professional Development library, under School Performance and Development.

Planning professional development can sometimes be time consuming and have a shot-in-the-dark approach. Ben Pollard, Business Manager at Beaudesert State High School, believes that for PD to be effective, it needs to be focused and continual.

In this webinar, Ben looks at how to involve teacher aides in the planning of their own professional development through peer observation. This method enables all teacher aides to identify their areas for development, and set goals that match PD activities to improve performance.

Ben also looks at how to leverage the existing strengths of teams and recognise the wealth of knowledge that teacher aides already have.

Webinar - 14 October, 2025

Allocating Education Assistants to Departments in Secondary School

Standard 7.3 Demonstrate understanding of the teaching assistant role and responsibilities in supporting learning and teaching.

Have your school leaders started talking about the effective use of Teaching Assistants in Secondary School? If so, this webinar is for you! Join us and our guest presenter, Rebecca Rourke, Head of Learning Diversity and Inclusion at St Marks Anglican Community School in WA, as Rebecca reveals her school’s innovative approach to deploying Education Assistants (EAs) in a secondary school setting. In this exclusive webinar, Rebecca will dive deep into how they reimagined the allocation of EA time — moving towards a departmental-based approach.

This webinar will be presented at 3:30 pm AEST. Check the start time for your location, to avoid disappointment.

Webinar - 27 June, 2017

A Collaborative Framework for Student Success

The recording of this webinar is available in the Professional Development library, under eTAPS.

With the growing pressure to raise student achievement, and catch up Australia’s international ranking in literacy, mathematics, and science; how can schools work more collaboratively with teachers and support staff, to improve the outcomes for students? In this research based webinar, Stella Liliendal, Founding Director of Australian Teacher Aide, will share the data from teacher aides, teachers and school leaders about the challenges of working together, and explore four steps that schools can take to improve their learning support practices.