QLD: Tier 3 Intervention Training for Support Teachers and Aides
8:00am registration for 8:30am – 3:30pm course
Set up and run a successful intervention in your school, using teaching assistants and a program leader to monitor results
- Target misconceptions
- Build fluency using hands-on materials and games
- Monitor student growth
- Set your students up for success when back in class
All participants receive:
- A short online component, to be completed before the live day
- 1 live day of training, including two practical sessions with real students. Participants will build practical skills by using diagnostic testing to identify specific student misconceptions, then plan and trial a targeted mini-lesson with guidance and support from Tierney.
- 1 online day with 3 modules on key number concepts, as well as how to build students’ skills using games and physical manipulatives.
- Certification for three years as an Intervention Support Specialist, plus a certificate of attendance
- A Resource Pack, so participants are set up and ready to go
The Resource Pack includes:
- Misconception analysis tools
- Diagnostic testing
- Individual profiling tools
- Targeted lessons to address gaps
- Software for tracking growth
- Full set of interventions manuals (5 books)
- Full set of games and manipulatives
Program leaders also receive:
- 12 months of online support sessions (8 sessions in total), which includes modules on
– how to set up and run a successful intervention,
– how to analyse your data and identify students who need help, and
– how to work with teachers - A full year of follow up and support
- Access to all training materials
- Additional videos to support trained staff back at school
Who should come
- Teaching assistants, aides, support officers, etc., who support students with mathematics, or who you would like to do that role in the future.
- Teachers who run or plan to start small-group tutoring for intervention
- Intervention coordinators or lead teachers
- Teachers who have limited experience with misconceptions and just want to know how to help their kids
All age groups are covered – this course is suitable for primary and high school.