Pre-teach routines and skills needed for using digital technologies and other supports
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Getting to know the student and what they can do’
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Match support to student needs
Match support to student needs
Identify the student’s skills and needs, and how these will be catered for in the new context.
Identify areas where support can be introduced prior to the transition.
Identify technologies
Identify technologies
Introduce students to common digital tools.
Ensure students know how to use them effectively to support their own learning.
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Skills to pre-teach and practise
Skills to pre-teach and practise
- getting to and from school
- finding their way around the school
- school and classroom rules and expectations
- working with buddies – if buddies have been identified, work with them on how to support, for example, by questioning or showing rather than telling
- planning and organising yourself
- packing up and moving between classes
- changing for physical education
- reading timetables
- personal care
- making friends
- playing and interacting in the playground, including teaching the rules of games and how to access PE equipment
- dealing with conflict in the playground, including finding a duty teacher and interacting with peer mediators
- using software available in the classroom.
Planning and organisation skills
Planning and organisation skills
Teach students organisational skills.
- Use charts, visual calendars, colour coded schedules, visible timers, and cues to increase the predictability of regular activities and transitions.
- Encourage students to use their mobile devices to schedule alerts and reminders for regular and unique events, and task deadlines.
- Model and make available graphic organisers, mind maps, and flowcharts to support planning and thinking in all curriculum areas.
Useful resources
Useful resources
Literature review: Transition from early childhood education to school
Read time: 279 min
This report, for the Ministry of Education, focuses on transitions to school, the factors that influence how well children transition from ECE to school and the ways in which children can be supported to transition successfully.
12 steps for easing the transition to work
This resource provides practical strategies to support the transition from school to work. It includes key areas to pre-teach and prepare for.
Publisher: Understood
Next steps
More suggestions for implementing the strategy “Get to know the student”:
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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
