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Team work is important in school for the school to run smoothly and for the curriculum and lessons to be delivered. This means that all the staff have to work as a team from the Head teacher to TA’s to the office staff to dinner supervisors. This allows all individuals within the staff to achieve their goals and effectively support the children. For example if the teacher needs photo copying doing it would mean she had to leave the class and leave the children unsupervised but as a team she asks the TA to take it to the office and ask them to do it, the office staff take the work and photo copy it allowing the TA to swiftly return to class to support the teacher, the office staff then bring the photo copies when they are done so that the learning experience of the children is not hindered and the children’s safety is not compromised by the teacher leaving the room.
The purpose and objectives of the team in which I work is to deliver the national curriculum to the children and promote the children’s intellectual, emotional and social development. The class teacher creates lesson plans and delivers lessons based around the curriculum, marks work and delegates work and jobs to the TA who supports the teacher by carrying out requested jobs such as getting out equipment.
As a volunteer TA I work under the direction of the teacher carrying out work that the teacher delegates to me, for example those children who need extra support are given it at the appropriate time due to the fact the class teacher has briefed me before the lesson outlining in brief what is happening and