Lesson 1, Topic 1
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Supervision of Curriculum Activities

December 13, 2021


Supervision of Curriculum Activities

  • A teacher assistant should keep a file to record all the curriculum activities assigned to him/her by the school.
  • The teacher should development of lesson plans and using available resources and share lesson plans with teacher assistant. The teacher assistant should know and understand aims to teacher the content.
  • The teacher assistant should be given chance for inputs on the classroom activities and homeworks.
  • They should help prepare the relevant material that will be needed for teaching and learning, e.g. teaching aids, video clips or any relevant physical aid for learners to understand the content.
  • The teachers should give all problems which will be given to the learners a least a day before there are given to learners as examples, classworks and homeworks.
  • Teacher assistant should workout those problems on his/her own and then the teacher marks them and provide feedback to him/her.
  • They should be involved in the development of the School Improvement Plan, Subject Improvement Plan, target setting for 2021.
  • They should prepare the relevant material that will be needed for teaching and learning.
  • They should mark and provide feedback on given classwork and homeworks.
  • They should assist greatly in providing the basics skills needed for each topic to weak learners.
  • They should fill the gaps on any content during extra-time.
  • A TA can also enhance use of cell phones/ tablets for learning by demonstrating and accessing helpful learning sites like the DBE, PEDs and other learning sites. Whatsapp group chats, monitored and supported by the TA, can be established among learners to discuss their work and support each other.
  • TA should assist the educator with the arrangement of the Masterfile and learner’s portfolios of evidence to keep them up to date and ready for Moderation.
  • A TA can also provide emotional support where learners can confide in him/her and try to assist directly, or seek help for the learner.