TEACHER STANDARDS

Quality Questioning for TAs: Promoting Thinking and Deepening Understanding

Do you want to improve your ability to support pupil understanding and progress? This comprehensive professional development course is designed for teaching assistants seeking to enhance their questioning skills. This course provides evidence-informed strategies to foster deeper thinking, boost pupil outcomes and integrate high-quality questioning seamlessly into your daily practice. Develop effective communication, master various question types, and learn to collaborate with teachers to maximise impact in the classroom.
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Adam Barrett,
Jess Hursit
&
Carly Watkins

2 hours

Online Course

By completing this course, you will:

understand the role of effective questioning in supporting learning and pupil progress;

recognise different types of questions (open, closed, probing, lower/higher-order) and when to use them;
develop skills in asking purposeful questions that promote thinking, reasoning and independence;
learn how to adapt questioning for pupils with different needs, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and learners with English as an additional language (EAL);
build confidence in using questioning to check understanding and address misconceptions.

Course Lessons

Written by: Adam Barrett

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Adam Barrett is an experienced teacher, academic and SENDCo. He has previously specialised in behaviour management, leading and reforming approaches to behaviour management in primary schools, with the aim of creating inclusive environments for all. As well as a PGCE, Adam has an undergraduate degree in history and a MA in English literature.

Presented by: Jess Hursit

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Jess Hursit is an experienced teacher with a strong background in maths education. As a former maths lead, she worked closely with Maths Hubs and supported the development of her school’s maths curriculum. Jess has worked in a leading training school, where her teaching was regularly observed by visiting educators, and she served as a mentor to trainee teachers and early career teachers.

In collaboration with: Carly Watkins

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Carly is the Quality of Education Lead at Twinkl PD, overseeing the development of Teachers' Standards courses. She is an experienced primary school teacher and senior leader with a MA in Education Practice and NPQ in Leading Teacher Development. Carly also facilitates the ECF, delivering training for current mentors and ECTs; she is passionate about accessible and actionable professional development for all educators at all levels.