The special educational needs coordinator's role in managing teaching assistants: The Greenwich perspective

Support for Learning

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-76

  Gerschel, Liz ^a  

^a NONE   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Management; Special educational needs coordinator (SENCO); Staff development; Teaching assistants (TAs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247214118     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0268-2141.2005.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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