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Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in SchoolsUnit 1 – Teaching and learning in schoolsAssignment Guidance – ContinuedUnit 1 – Teaching and learning in schoolsCriteria Description GuidanceP8P9Explain why children or young people in your chosen agerange should be given opportunities for play.Describe how the teaching assistant might support a child oryoung person through a transition.Give more than one reason why children or young people in the chosen age range should begiven opportunities for play e.g. play encourages children to practice life skills such as makingchoices and decisions.....Write about the ways that a teaching assistant can help a child or young person duringtransitions such as starting a new setting, moving classes, moving house, family changes,entering the work place or college. Ways should be suitable for the chosen age range and caninclude the teaching assistant supporting the child during discussions, visits, researchingopportunities.P10 Include references and a bibliography. Include at least TWO (2) published references within the text AND provide a list of books,articles, magazines or websites in a bibliography at the end of the assignment. See the currentFinding the Level and the compensatory marking scheme for additional guidance.M1M2D1Explain the role of the teaching assistant in motivating childrenand young people and ensuring they stay on task.Explain how the teaching assistant can use observations tosupport the teacher.Explain the responsibilities of the teaching assistant inmaintaining an effective relationship with the teacher.Provide details with reasons about how and why the teaching assistant should promotechildren and young people’s desire to learn and their interests as well as helping them to stayon task e.g. the teaching assistant can encourage children by providing activities that thechildren are interested in….. The teaching assistant can break tasks down into smaller stepsin order to help children concentrate on the task.An extension of P7. This should focus on how the teaching assistant can help the teacher. Thismay include the teaching assistant keeping records from observations that the teacher canuse in planning and assessment or the teaching assistant having different opportunities toobserve progress during small group activities.Provide details which give more than one aspect of the responsibilities of the teachingassistant in maintaining an effective relationship with the teacher e.g. responsibilities such asmaintaining confidentiality/teamwork/planning can be maintained by.....The explanation needs to consider the teaching assistant’s responsibility to foster an effectiverelationship. This may involve consideration of reasons why relationships may be lesseffective.© CACHE 2009 6