Guidance questions for discussions with pupils 95 Interview questions for SENCOs 96 Questionnaire for governors 98 Questionnaire for parents 99 Interview questions for teachers 100 Introduction The ideas and challenges launched by the BDA’s original Dyslexia Friendly “Achieving Schools Information Pack” struck a chord across the UK and beyond. Teachers began to realise that the fine-tuning needed to make schools dyslexia friendly has the potential to improve the learning of all pupils. Now, more and more schools are aspiring to become dyslexia friendly. The BDA’s Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark aims to provide a framework of support and understanding for schools within the dyslexic individual can build on existing skills and develop new. This ensures that all within the school have a good knowledge of the needs of the dyslexic individual and that resources are available to meet such needs. This in turn is likely to lead to greater levels of achievement and retention for all learners. The Quality Mark for schools is made up of standards that cover 4 key areas: Standard One: Leadership and Management What is the quality of learning? Standard Two: Standard Three: Creating a climate for learning Standard Four: Partnership and Liaison with Parents, Carers, Governors and other Concerned Parties Becoming a dyslexia friendly school requires a review of the implementation of major whole school policies, focusing upon teaching and learning, monitoring and assessment, differentiation and inclusion across the range of ability and need. The BDA Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark is an external sign of approval that is widely recognised not only in the UK but also internationally. This award is issued only to those schools that have met its
Guidance questions for discussions with pupils 95 Interview questions for SENCOs 96 Questionnaire for governors 98 Questionnaire for parents 99 Interview questions for teachers 100 Introduction The ideas and challenges launched by the BDA’s original “Achieving Dyslexia Friendly Schools Information Pack” struck a chord across the UK and beyond. Teachers began to realise that the fine-tuning needed to make schools dyslexia friendly has the potential to improve the learning of all pupils. Now, more and more schools are aspiring to become dyslexia friendly. The BDA’s Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark aims to provide a framework of support and understanding for schools within the dyslexic individual can build on existing skills and develop new. This ensures that all within the school have a good knowledge of the needs of the dyslexic individual and that resources are available to meet such needs. This in turn is likely to lead to greater levels of achievement and retention for all learners. The Quality Mark for schools is made up of standards that cover 4 key areas: Standard One: Leadership and Management Standard Two: What is the quality of learning? Standard Three: Creating a climate for learning Standard Four: Partnership and Liaison with Parents, Carers, Governors and other Concerned Parties Becoming a dyslexia friendly school requires a review of the implementation of major whole school policies, focusing upon teaching and learning, monitoring and assessment, differentiation and inclusion across the range of ability and need. The BDA Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark is an external sign of approval that is widely recognised not only in the UK but also internationally. This award is issued only to those schools that have met its
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