Developing and creating capacity in the Learning Support program
Make recommendations for hiring Learning Support staff (Shadow teachers, Tutor/teacher tutor).
Conduct Learning Support team meetings on a regular basis, to review student progress and issues and set up intervention as necessary to ensure that provides our best support.
Meet with the Principals on a regular basis, to review student progress and issues/problems.
Lead and manage the Learning Support Department to oversee the school learning support program.
Work with Shadow teachers, Tutor/teacher tutor, make recommendations to parents and administration regarding their effectiveness.
Providing In Service to staff
On the referral process
On their professional responsibilities, once a student has an intervention plan
On common SEN issues and interventions found in the school
Identify and Assess students with special needs
Develop and lead &039;referral process&039;: preliminary interventions and trials of various strategies, recorded, before formal referral for IEP. Work to identify students with special educational needs and learning difficulties, at- risk students to ensure that their needs are met.
Identify the potential issues before students join the school by being involved in the admission/enrollment of new students (conduct admission testing).
Observe the students in their general setting (classroom, playground, specialist class if needed) and gather information/evidence from teachers, specialist, and parents if needed.
Refer and oversee the assessment of the educational needs of students entering the IEP program, and utilize the written results of the assessment (psychoeducational and developmental assessment).
Plan and organize IEP Program and Progression progress (At Risk)
Observe the IEP/At- Risk students in their general setting (classroom, playground, specialist class if needed)
Responsible for planning, communicating, and negotiating of IEP/Action Plan between parents, teachers, principals, and outside agencies, and students if needed.
Observe the IEP/At- Risk students to monitor the student’s progress, in their general setting (classroom, playground, specialist class if needed
Write IEP or Action Plan for each student with special needs and learning difficulties in setting up educational objectives and teaching strategies.
Support:
Reporting: Meet with the Principals on a regular basis, to review student progress and issues/problems.
Serves as an instructional resource for teachers by providing them with strategies, methods, and materials if needed for dealing with the IEP/At- Risk students.
Support the parents in providing recommendations regarding outside support such as psychologists, therapists, counselors.
Support the teachers in accommodations and modifications of the curriculum to the student’s profile/pattern of learning.
Consult:
The principals: provide information on progress, issues, etc. (Learning Support meeting with Principals on a regular basis, and LST folder confidential- limited access in the school server).
Students and/or parents: Counsel Students with behavior and social- emotional issues, as well as to parents if needed.
Parents: conduct IEP meeting to ensure that parents are on board with the school, and consult with parents as needed.
The classroom teachers: suggest accommodations and or, in limited circumstances, modifications to the curriculum, reports on the progress of students, discussing schedules, student behavior, monitoring of medicine – if needed, anecdotal records (for their progress reports “See Comments”).
Other professionals: consult with a psychologist to conduct Psycho- educational assessment, Developmental assessment, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational and Behavior Therapist., counselors, etc.
