All ākonga deserve the opportunity to flourish and succeed in their education, and making sure your students have this opportunity is your most important priority as principal. This means providing them with any learning support they need to reach their potential. But how easy is it to find the support your students need, and what can you do if you can’t access it? That’s what we’re going to talk about today.
My guests are:
This podcast was produced for the Ministry of Education as part of Te Ara Tīmatanga mō ngā Tumuaki - The Beginning Pathway for Principals.
You can learn more about this topic by accessing Te Ara Tīmatanga mō ngā Tumuaki - The Beginning Pathway for Principals e-learning modules on the Education LMS: https://training.education.govt.nz
Show notes
Episode themes:
Additional information
RTLB online https://www.education.govt.nz/education-professionals/schools-year-0-13/learning-support/resource-teachers-learning-and-behaviour#what-is-the-rtlb-service-1
Learning support for literacy and communication https://www.education.govt.nz/parents-and-caregivers/schools-year-0-13/learning-support/learning-support-literacy-and-communication
Learning support needs https://www.education.govt.nz/education-professionals/schools-year-0-13/managing-students/stand-downs-suspensions-exclusions-and-expulsions-guidelines-part-2/section-2-creating-procedures-and-processes/learning-support-needs
Questions
2:07 [All] As tumuaki, what is inclusive education for you? What does it mean?
3:20 [John] What does it mean to provide adequate support for a child with learning challenges?
5:53 [All] If a child's starting in your school and the teacher notices that they're not keeping up, where do you start, and what are the steps to getting them what they need?
12:22 [John] You talked about the RTLB. Can you tell me about that, please?
15:26 [John] Where do new principals go to get information about RTLB?
16:04 [All] There’s a really wide spectrum of learning need in kura. What kinds of learning challenges have you all seen? What are the most common - if there is such a thing?
23:36 [Jane] What are the challenges facing rural schools around getting support for the kids who need it?
25:30 [All] Parents must be keen to support their kids if you can’t find that help elsewhere?
29:44 [All] Is there anything that we haven't talked about that we should discuss?