Teaching Assistants and supporting SEND, a roundtable discussion with the Chartered College of Teaching and nasen

nasen’s CEO, Annamarie Hassall MBE will be joining Professor Dame Alison Peacock from The National College of Teaching next month, as the two organisations come together to host a joint roundtable discussion for Teaching Assistants. 

Teaching assistants (TAs) play a significant role in the teaching profession, supporting SEND and also influence pupil outcomes.  This discussion, on the 1st March between 4:15pm and 5pm, will bring together TAs from various settings and highlight support systems, and resources that may be used to enhance both professional and personal development.

Panelists will include Alex Grady (Head of Education and Whole School SEND, nasen), Aimee Durning MBE (Director of Inclusion & Community, The University of Cambridge Primary School) and Beth Greville-Giddings.

Participants will have an opportunity to participate in a live discussion and raise questions.

This event is open to all and will be of particular value to teaching support staff.

Book your place at https://my.chartered.college/event/teaching-assistants-and-supporting-send-a-roundtable-discussion-with-the-chartered-college-of-teaching-and-nasen/ 

The Presenters

Professor Dame Alison Peacock DBE DL DLitt, Chief Executive Officer, Chartered College of Teaching – Professor Dame Alison Peacock, Chief Executive of the Chartered College of Teaching, a Professional Body that seeks to raise teacher status through celebrating, supporting and connecting teachers to provide expert teaching and leadership. Prior to joining the Chartered College, Dame Alison was Executive Headteacher of The Wroxham School in Hertfordshire. Her career to date has spanned Primary, Secondary and advisory roles. She is an Honorary Fellow of Queens College Cambridge and UCL, a Visiting Professor of both the University of Hertfordshire and Glyndŵr University and a trustee for Big Change. Her research is published in a series of books about Learning without Limits offering an alternative approach to inclusive school improvement.

Annamarie Hassall MBE is the Chief Executive of nasen with responsibility for strategic direction and operational delivery across the full breadth of nasen’s activity. She is the main point of contact for the board of trustees and has a close working relationship with the Department for Education (DfE). Annamarie also has overall responsibility for external relations and business development.

Alex Grady – Has worked in education for more than 25 years, teaching children and young people with SEND and leading on teacher professional development. Alex started as a primary class teacher and then became a SENCO. She ran a dyslexia centre, been teacher-in-charge of a language resource base for children with Specific Language Impairment and supported Looked After Children and their carers. She was an SEN advisor for a Learning Support Team in a local authority and was Reading Recovery Teacher Leader. Alex’s last role prior to nasen was teaching in and leading the outreach service for a special school federation, and she was an SEN governor for ten years, with four years as Chair. She worked as an Education Officer for nasen for four years and is now currently Head of Whole School SEND, leading on our DfE-funded Universal SEND Services programme and our EEF trial of the Whole School SEND Review, as well as Head of Education, leading nasen’s education team. This involves delivering SEND Reviews, consultancy and CPD, as well as the strategic leadership of the team.