Sophie Watkins
Sophie has worked as a secondary school science
teacher for 6 years.
During her career as a teacher, she has worked in
primary schools on ‘transition projects’ – these
are projects aimed at helping pupils cope with the
move from primary to secondary school. She has also
been involved in health education, environmental
education, and raising ethnic minority achievement.
In her current post, she is involved in training
teaching assistants, and extending their role in
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Maureen Murphy
Maureen has been a teaching assistant for over seven
years, working mainly in a large, diverse inner-city
school. She is also a governor at a different school.
Her days are very busy and very varied. She spends
some of her time supporting children with Special Educational
Needs in class, helping them to get the most from their
lessons. She is also responsible for a programme of
maths and literacy interventions which require her
to take small groups, or individuals, out of class
for more focussed sessions.
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Linda Brown
Linda began her Teaching Assistant career as a SEN
Assistant, working with two children on a part time
basis in London. From that time she decided it was
where her vocation lay and applied for the first full
time position to become available in the school.
She has been in her present job as a TA in Nuneaton
for the past 9 years, during which time she has studied
for NVQ 3 and HLTA status. Recently she has taken on
the responsibility of SENCo in her school.
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