The Directorate will inform schools of Taskforce Recommendations Status: Ongoing the review outcome once completed. The Learning Difficulties project team has provided advice to the Strategy 10. Clarification of the role of Learning Directorates Human Resources project team with input to the current Support Assistants working in the area of learning Representative teachers will be review of mainstream class learning support assistant duty difficulties. informed of any relevant changes to LSA statements. duty statements. Directorate’s Response This review forms part of the re-evaluation of learning support assistant duty statements under the ACT Public Service Administrative The Directorate will clarify the and and Related Classifications Enterprise Agreement 2013-2017, Clause responsibilities of school staff in providing support T21. for students with learning difficulties. The review is expected to be completed around mid 2015. The 2015 Learning Difficulties School Taskforce Recommendations Status: Complete Leader C Project Officer will work with The Learning Difficulties Online LIFE page RTI of assessments Strategy 11. Investigate and determine a system the SLB Learning Difficulties Project package provides school staff access to a consistent, system wide set wide approach to assessment of students with Leader and ETD media to maintain and of assessments to help identify students with possible learning learning difficulties. update the resource with updated difficulties. evidence based assessment tools to Directorate’s Response The Directorate School Psychologists Learning Difficulties Good support students with learning Practice Guide has been updated and is also available on the LIFE The Directorate will investigate leading practice difficulties. page. options for assessment of students with learning difficulties to develop a system wide approach.
Taskforce Recommendations Strategy 10. Clarification of the role of Learning Support Assistants working in the area of learning difficulties. Directorate’s Response The Directorate will clarify the and responsibilities of school staff in providing support for students with learning difficulties. Status: Ongoing The Learning Difficulties project team has provided advice to the Directorates Human Resources project team with input to the current review of mainstream class learning support assistant duty statements. This review forms part of the re-evaluation of learning support assistant duty statements under the ACT Public Service Administrative and Related Classifications Enterprise Agreement 2013-2017, Clause T21. The review is expected to be completed around mid 2015. The Directorate will inform schools of the review outcome once completed. Representative teachers will be informed of any relevant changes to LSA duty statements. Taskforce Recommendations Strategy 11. Investigate and determine a system wide approach to assessment of students with learning difficulties. Directorate’s Response The Directorate will investigate leading practice options for assessment of students with learning difficulties to develop a system wide approach. Status: Complete The Learning Difficulties Online LIFE page RTI of assessments package provides school staff access to a consistent, system wide set of assessments to help identify students with possible learning difficulties. The Directorate School Psychologists Learning Difficulties Good Practice Guide has been updated and is also available on the LIFE page. The 2015 Learning Difficulties School Leader C Project Officer will work with the SLB Learning Difficulties Project Leader and ETD media to maintain and update the resource with updated evidence based assessment tools to support students with learning difficulties.
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