Create a student-centred team
Support students’ individual pathways by coordinating with families, iwi, hapū, community and businesses, along with government agencies and education providers.
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Provide quality advice and information
Provide quality advice and information
Research suggests that learners value information from trusted, impartial sources and will generally turn to family, friends, and teachers with whom they have a strong relationship for advice.
Tertiary Education Commission Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua (2014)
Build a team
Build a team
For example, teams include:
Student and whānau or carers
School staff:
- Teachers and specialist teachers, for example, ORS teacher and teacher aides
- In school learning support staff
- Deans and form teachers
- Careers education teachers.
Education specialists:
- Learning Support Coordinators (LSC)
- Resource teachers
- Other learning support specialists.
Key members of the community:
- Hapū and iwi
- Businesses and employers
- Tertiary providers
- Community agencies and support groups
- Youth workers
- Health services.
Foster high expectations
Foster high expectations
Seek to understand a student's culture
Seek to understand a student's culture
Six rangatahi who identify as deaf communicate their aspirations.
Access parent, community and advocacy support services
Access parent, community and advocacy support services
Local people, groups and support agencies can offer help with people’s everyday lives, and advocacy.
- People who could be advocates and allies include whānau, friends, people from local clubs or support workers
- Local parent groups or agencies
- Community groups such as cultural and iwi groups, sporting groups and clubs
- Disability support groups such as IHC, IDEA services and Enable
- Advocacy groups such as Enabling Good Lives New Zealand and Disabled People’s Association New Zealand.
You can look for agencies that provide support at:
Support and services – Whaikaha Ministry of Disabled People
Community directory – Citizens Advice Bureau
Useful resources
Useful resources
The role of families
Stresses the central role of whānau, and addressing individual needs within the context of the family as a whole.
Publisher: Enabling Good Lives
Information for learners: Learner decision-making behaviours
Summary of research in 2012 on the decision-making behaviours of learners considering enrolling in tertiary study.
Publisher: Tertiary Education Commission
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National transition guidelines
Guidelines for supporting the transition of students with additional learning needs from school to adult life.
Transition from school
Example of transition support services available for students funded by Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS).
Publisher: Choices NZ
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