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. 

If you agree that student success means building the expertise of both teachers and teacher aides, read on!

The world’s largest study on the impact of teaching assistants on student learning, revealed that teaching assistants can make a significant and positive impact on student learning, depending on how well they are prepared for their support role.