Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) Status Resources

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Information for HLTA Candidates

Best Practice Network have compiled a list of HLTA Candidate's Frequently Asked Questions which you may find useful.

HLTA Task Forms F0-10 are a series of worksheets to help you structure your responses to the four written assessment tasks, including an assessment grid to record your evidence of how you meet the 2007 HLTA standards.

The above downloads are all Microsoft Word formatted documents, and as such it is not possible to use them with Notepad or Wordpad. If you do not have access to Microsoft Word you can download and install StarOffice or OpenOffice, both of which can open and save Microsoft Word formatted documents (Star Office is available as a 90 day trial, after that time you will need to purchase a licence to continue using it).

Best Practice Network has developed a needs analysis tool to enable teaching assistants to review their professional practice and identify their strengths, interests and development needs in order to establish appropriate activities to achieve HLTA status. The clear and easy-to-use booklet is based around 8 key themes, all of which represent integral parts of teaching assistants’ daily work. The themes, which reflect the HLTA standards, are:

Literacy and numeracy
Planning and preparation of lessons
Supporting pupils to access learning opportunities
Communicating with pupils, colleagues and parents/carers
Your knowledge of specialisms, strategies and policies
Working with pupils in different contexts
Assessment and monitoring pupils’ progress
Improving your professional practice

TAs can identify immediately which areas may need further work. By reviewing these strengths and areas for development, school leaders and local authorities can make informed decisions about how to help staff move forward in their development and achieve HLTA status.

Secondary HLTA Food technology

To find out more about this specialism, please refer to our frequently asked questions. A downloadable version of the Food Technology subject guidance is available at www.tda.gov.uk/upload/resources/pdf/s/tda0680.pdf

Copies are also available to order from the TDA web site via: www.tda.gov.uk/about/publicationslisting/list.aspx