Collaboratively plan the supports needed
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Getting to know the student and what they can do’
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Transfer supports
Transfer supports
Identify the supports in the student’s current environment. Plan for your school to provide continuity for the transitioning student.
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Source: Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Use photos and videos
Use photos and videos
Make effective use of digital technologies during transition visits.
- Take photos of key locations (for example, significant entrances, landmarks).
- Take photos of key people.
- Take a 360-degree video of learning environments where the student will spend a lot of time. These can be labelled later.
- For young students, video key people saying "hello" and introducing themselves.
- Share photos and videos of new locations or key areas on a student’s blog (consents needed) so that they can use them to illustrate storytelling at home.
- Video or photograph the student with their new peers.
Collaborate with previous teachers
Collaborate with previous teachers
Teachers from a Pasifika immersion centre and a primary school discuss how they worked together to make the transition from one environment to another work for students.
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Useful resources
Useful resources
Classroom accommodations to help students with learning and attention issues
A US website that provides "at a glance" accommodations for a range of learning needs. It includes dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD and sensory processing.
Publisher: Understood
Next steps
More suggestions for implementing the strategy “Get to know the student”:
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How to use this site
Guide to Index of the guide: Transitions – managing times of change
Strategies for action:
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Get to know the studentShow suggestions for Get to know the student
- Talk with the student
- Familiarise yourself with the previous learning setting
- Collaboratively plan supports
- Pre-teach routines and skills
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Partner with the family/whānauShow suggestions for Partner with the family/whānau
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Plan for successful transitions to schoolShow suggestions for Plan for successful transitions to school
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Prepare for a new student with additional needs in the classroomShow suggestions for Prepare for a new student with additional needs in the classroom
