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Information pack for governors: workforce remodelling
Time for standards: planning, preparation and assessment
Time for standards: invigilation resource pack
Workforce remodelling guide for governors IV
Time for standards: headteachers and the national agreement
Excellence in Supporting Applied Learning
Report on Training and Development Guidance for Teachers of Diplomas
Training and Development Guidance for Teachers of Diplomas
Qualifying to teach
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A skills strategy for the wider school workforce 2006-09
Special educational needs in mainstream schools: a guide for the beginner teacher
Partnership development schools: how they work and how you can get involved
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Get into teaching: pre-teacher training courses in French and German
Extended schools: an overview
Extended Services: Supporting School Improvement
Professional standards for teachers
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Design and Promote Toolkit
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The Swift and Easy Access process guide
Extended schools Guardian supplement
Parent support adviser project: resource kit 1
Higher Level Teaching Assistant Secondary Poster – Mathew Thomson
Higher Level Teaching Assistant Secondary Poster – Nazish Mohammed
Higher Level Teaching Assistant Secondary Poster – Lesley Sloane
Higher Level Teaching Assistant Secondary Poster – Maria Usman-Khizar
Higher level teaching assistant: Candidate handbook
Higher level teaching assistant: Provider handbook
Secondary mathematics: Subject knowledge guidance for HLTAs
Secondary science: Subject knowledge guidance for HLTAs
Professional standards for HLTA status
Impact and evaluation of HLTAs
Swift and easy access to targeted and specialist services
The effective administration of school-based ITT
The Little Book of Managing Change
Extended schools in rural settings – support from the TDA
Working for you
Parent support adviser project: resource kit 2
Extended schools: partnership working DVD
Unlock the potential of your support staff
Continuing professional development (CPD) guidance
Discover the benefits of school business managers
National occupational standards for supporting teaching and learning in schools: discover how standards can transform your school
School improvement planning framework
National occupational standards for supporting teaching and learning in schools: a summary
The graduate teacher programme 2008/09: information for candidates
Are you interested in gaining classroom experience while studying?
Professional Teacher journal | Spring 2009
Student Associates Scheme case book
Support staff CPD – a guide for school leaders on qualification routes for support staff
Professional Teacher journal | Summer 2009
Get ready
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Creating Communities for Learning
Guidance to accompany the Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher Status and Requirements for Initial Teacher Training
MTL postcard
Culture for all
Parent support advisers. Practice and impact – spring 2009
A career guide for school support staff - realise your potential
Extended services: a toolkit for governors 2009 - 10
Extended services: a quick guide for governors
Extended services sustainability - school cluster development tool
Engaging schools in sustainable Every Child Matters and extended services
Employment based initial teacher training funding manual
Subject knowledge enhancement funding manual
Training bursaries funding manual
Mainstream initial teacher training funding manual
Secondary food technology: Subject knowledge guidance for HLTAs
MTL – Times Educational Supplement
Transforming lives - extended services and special schools
Personal tutors
Parent support advisers: practice and impact – summer 2009
Activities for all: financial support to make out-of-school-hours activities a reality for everyone
Professional Teacher journal | Autumn 2009
Strategy for the professional development of the children's workforce in schools 2009-12
Making a difference: leading school workforce development
School Improvement Planning - an introduction
Professional Teacher journal | Spring 2010
Career Entry and Development Profile
Supporting the induction process: TDA guidance for newly qualified teachers
Impact Evaluation Model
Parent support advisers: practice and impact – spring 2010
Personal tutoring: meeting the 2010 target
Promoting community cohesion: the role of extended services
Building a sustainable future – how schools can use extended services to support the sustainable development agenda
Impact evaluation model poster
Transforming lives: how extended services are making a difference to schools
An Introduction to the Masters in Teaching and Learning 2009/10 a guide for newly qualified teachers
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