To prepare for having parents or support staff working in the classroom

Aim

To prepare for having parents or support staff working in the classroom.    

Evidence and reflection

A pro forma, such as the one below, could be used to prepare for a session with parental or ancillary involvement, to monitor it and to get the parents' feedback.

More in this chapter

• To examine the classroom environment
• To plan resources to support specific learning activities
• To produce a classroom plan
• To evaluate routine activities to maximise time for teaching and learning
• To monitor an individual pupil to estimate active learning time
• To evaluate the variety of learning objectives, tasks and activities
• To consider the affordances and constraints of a particular piece of software
• To analyse the involvement of pupils in whole class parts of lessons
• To consider the pros and cons of group working
• To consider grouping strategies from the perspective of the pupils
• To develop information sharing systems for support staff and parents
• To consider the impact of the recent focus given to teaching about computers
• To consider the involvement of parents and carers in the classroom and school
• To consider the working with support staff