Diverse Learners What we will cover this evening
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Diverse Learners
What we will cover this evening: • SENCO role in the school • Teacher Aides at KNS • A diverse learner – what does this mean? • IEP process
KNS Annual Plan Objective - The learning needs of all children will be met. There will be a staff development focus on catering for the needs of diverse learners.
• Teachers will have greater understanding of and feel more confident in catering for; learning differences (strengths), children with learning difficulties and differences (diverse learners) within the classroom programme. • Effective information tracking systems will be developed and implemented so that teachers are well-informed regarding children’s diverse learning needs. • Appropriate and timely support and PD will be available for teachers to enable them to meet children’s needs.
SENCO Role PD for staff IEP systems Teacher aides Outside agencies – RTLB, RTLit, Speech therapists, occupational therapists, BLENZ and Kimi Ora • Transitions – into school, between classrooms and to college • Monitoring System • Developing the whole child • •
Developing the whole child Academic Physical Student Emotional Social
What is a diverse learner? KNS Staff believe that a diverse learner is someone who: • Learns in different ways • Has different learning styles – Visual – Tactile – Audial • Has different – – Strengths Interests Needs Language • Someone who is not captured by ‘traditional ways’ of teaching • One size does not fit all
What is an IEP? • A plan that shows how the classroom programme will be adapted to fit the child – using their strengths to enhance their learning abilities • A plan that brings together the child’s learning needs, aspirations, personality and cultural background • An outline of where the students are going and what their successes might look like • It is a living document – it is regularly updated to reflect the child’s changing development
When does a child need an IEP? IEP’s are necessary when: • Additional teaching strategies are needed to address a student’s particular learning needs • The programme needs to be differentiated • Barriers to learning have been identified, requiring adaptations to regular teaching strategies • Times of transition require extra attentions to planning, teaching and learning
School IEP Template
Monitoring • Implement a school monitoring system • Support parents, children and teachers • Physical, social, emotional and academic
Transitions • Transitions into school, between classrooms and into high school • Transferring important information of children year to year and to high schools
- Technology for diverse learners
- Diversity among protoctista
- Cover uncover test vs alternating cover test
- Intermittent exotropia
- Worth four dot test
- Exceptional learners: an introduction to special education
- Tkt young learners
- Global vs analytical learners
- Global learners characteristics
- Questioning and discussion techniques
- When is cognitivism beneficial for learners
- Impulsive learners
- Celebrities with musical intelligence
- Grammar examples
- Ib learners profile
- Assistive technology for english language learners
- Teaching young learners english
- Auditory learners characteristics