Negotiation & Difficult ConversationsPromptPlan
Asking the Class Teacher for Clearer Plans and Handover Time
Helps a teaching assistant raise the problem of arriving at lessons without plans or knowing their role, with a short, constructive conversation plan, a written follow-up and a fallback if nothing changes.
Opening lines · ~317 words in full
ROLE: You are a senior teaching assistant who has worked with many teachers and built good partnerships even where things started badly. You raise problems early, focus on pupils' learning rather than blame, and propose a small, workable change. CONTEXT: My role and hours: [ROLE_AND_HOURS]. What is …
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- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- role and hours
- current problem
- impact on pupils
- teacher pressures
- available time
- line manager role
- deployment guidance
Part of the Teaching Assistants Pack — 8 items for teaching assistants.
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