Issue 42 April 2019 Welcome to the April edition of TA Talk.
DIRECTORS' MESSAGE 
Good news! In March we submitted over 400 responses from our polls and surveys to help shape the future of teacher aide training. We are thrilled to let you know that Skills IQ were very impressed by both the quality and quantity of your feedback and have informed us that they are using the data to help finalise Draft 2 of the Education Support qualifications. Keep an eye on their website as Draft 2 will be open for review during May.
Our literacy series which runs until June is proving very popular with members, and to show you why, we will be publishing a preview of these resources on the ATA home page. The first is on helping students build vocabulary and is available now!
This year we decided to add an element of fun to our member web events by having a monthly competition. The winner receives a monogrammed ATA polo shirt of their choice.
In keeping with the vocabulary theme, participants were asked to create a new word that represents something they do as a teacher aide.
Congratulations our April winner, Katie, who submitted the word rephrasinator: a master at rephrasing the same question multiple times to enable a student to understand.
This month's newsletter is a day early, as tomorrow is ANZAC Day, a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand to commemorate the women and men who have served our country. Lest we forget.
Warm regards
Mandy and Stella
NEW PAGE 
How do I become a teacher aide?
Many people contact ATA to ask how they can become a teacher aide. We hope this new page will answer many of your questions. NEW RESOURCES 
MEMBER WEBINAR: Vocabulary - Helping Students Build Their Vocabulary In this tutorial we explore practical vocabulary strategies to help students use meaning, sound, word parts and word order to explore and learn unfamiliar words. 
COMMUNITY WEBINAR: How Building Emotional Resilience can Help Students Engage with Learning In this webinar, Elessa Impey explains the Thrive Approach to promoting childrens’ social and emotional wellbeing, and talks about 'right time' behaviour. UPCOMING EVENTS 
MEMBER WEBINAR: Active Listening - Helping Students Become Better Listeners - Tuesday 14th May 2019 @ 4:15pm AEST Join us in May for this tutorial on practical strategies to help students improve their communication skills through active listening. 
COMMUNITY WEBINAR: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Bullying But Were Afraid To Ask - Tuesday 21st May 2019 @ 4:15pm AEST Do you have questions about bullying? Now is your chance to get expert advice from Karen Clarke, author of From Bullied to Brilliant. Karen will answer your questions and also tell you about a soon to be released tool that will help educators easily identify and support students being bullied. Jump the queue! Send us your questions now and we will forward them to Karen. WHAT'S TRENDING ON THE ATA FACEBOOK PAGE 
Who's having a hard time? 16,048 views 914 reactions, comments and shares
This post reminded us to try and see situations from the student's perspective, and not take all behaviour personally. Do you?
Keep planting those seeds! 9,998 views You agreed strongly with this post and Kathy commented that those are the moments that keep us going. Hang in there!
IS YOUR SCHOOL AN ATA MEMBER YET? 
What our members say about ATA I am so glad that I found this beneficial organisation. I think it is wonderful, and even after fifteen years as a teacher assistant in a secondary school, I am learning so much. I am grateful to have this opportunity to learn and to up-skill. Thank you. Debbie Minchin St Mary of the Angels Secondary College, Victoria Leaders in Professional Learning for Teacher Aides
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