Assessment and monitoring using a team approach
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Identifying needs and strengths, and accessing support’.
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Share information using digital tools
Share information using digital tools
John Robinson reflects on the value of sharing information using the school SMS and student e-portfolios.
Establish a team
Establish a team
- Be guided by the student and their whānau.
- Involve your learning support coordinator and Teacher of the Deaf.
- Identify and connect with colleagues who have experience teaching students who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
- Consider connecting to external expertise or agencies.
Gather useful data
Gather useful data
Build a full picture of your student's strengths, needs and preferences, such as:
- sensitivities and preferences
- ways they learn successfully
- language and communication skills
- gross and fine motor skills
- literacy skills
- numeracy skills
- ability to act independently
- social skills and ability to form relationships.
Teaching as inquiry
Teaching as inquiry
Be a learner as well as a teacher.
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What is important (and therefore worth spending time on), given where my student is at?
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What strategies (evidence-based) are most likely to help my student to learn this?
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What has happened as a result of my teaching and what will I need to do next?
Useful resources
Useful resources
Supporting children who are deaf and hard of hearing
Information on the support available from the Advisers on Deaf Children (AoDCs) and Resource Teachers of the Deaf (RTDs). Links to their websites and phone numbers are included.
Next steps
More suggestions for implementing the strategy “Identify needs and how to provide support”:
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Strategies for action:
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Identify needs and how to provide supportShow suggestions for Identify needs and how to provide support
- Ask the student what will help
- Partner with whānau
- Assessment and monitoring
- Organisations, programmes and resources
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Key areas to supportShow suggestions for Key areas to support
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Helpful classroom strategies years 1-8Show suggestions for Helpful classroom strategies years 1-8
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Helpful classroom strategies years 9-13Show suggestions for Helpful classroom strategies years 9-13
