Learning Support Coordinators Sample Clauses
The Learning Support Coordinators clause establishes the appointment and role of individuals responsible for assisting students with additional learning needs. Typically, this clause outlines the qualifications required for coordinators, their duties—such as developing support plans, liaising with teachers and parents, and monitoring student progress—and the process for assigning them to students or classes. Its core practical function is to ensure that students who require extra help receive consistent, structured support, thereby promoting equitable access to education and addressing diverse learning needs within the institution.
Learning Support Coordinators. Unless specifically stated in this part, the terms and conditions of employment are the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
3.38.1 The number of Learning Support Coordinator (Coordinator) roles will be generated annually by the Staffing Order and allocated to boards.
3.38.2 The purpose of the Coordinator roles is to promote effective and inclusive teaching and learning practice within the schools including those in a Kāhui Ako or Cluster and to strengthen the support to children with additional learning needs.
3.38.3 Coordinators will be appointed permanently unless there is genuine reason to appoint to a fixed term position. Each Coordinator will be fully released from timetabled duties.
3.38.4 Coordinators will usually be employed full-time, except in circumstances agreed by the employer, such as on return from parental leave, when a Coordinator(s) may be employed as a job share or part-time.
3.38.5 The functions of the role are set out in the Coordinator Role Description drafted by the Ministry of Education along with any distinct responsibilities and/or activities that are defined by the employing school, in consultation with other schools in the Kāhui Ako or Cluster where applicable. To avoid doubt: any such distinct responsibilities and activities that sit outside those outlined in the role description by the Ministry of Education must be mutually agreed between employer and employee.
3.38.6 Where a Coordinator works across schools, this will be in conjunction with the Kāhui Ako or Cluster’s shared plan for Learning Support. When allocating a Coordinator’s time across the Kāhui Ako or Cluster schools, the employer will consider what is reasonable, taking account of the Coordinator’s responsibilities, duties and travel requirements.
3.38.7 Where a Coordinator is allocated leadership, management or other additional responsibilities for learning support and/or allied staff by the employer, consideration should be given as to whether a unit should be allocated, in line with the school’s unit allocation policy.
3.38.8 Where responsibilities allocated to the Coordinator are additional to those described in the Coordinator role description, e.g. leadership or management responsibilities, the employer must consider the balance of the allocated responsibilities to allow the Coordinator to fulfil their role effectively.
3.38.9 A teacher who relieves for a Coordinator while they are on approved leave, will be fully released from classroom teaching responsib...
Learning Support Coordinators. Unless specifically stated in this part, the terms and conditions of employment are the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
3.38.1 The number of Learning Support Coordinator (Coordinator) roles will be generated annually by the Staffing Order and allocated to boards.
3.38.2 The purpose of the Coordinator roles is to promote effective and inclusive teaching and learning practice within the schools including those in a Kāhui Ako or Cluster and to strengthen the support to children with additional learning needs.
3.38.3 Coordinators will be appointed permanently unless there is genuine reason to appoint to a fixed term position. Each Coordinator will be fully released from timetabled duties.
3.38.4 Coordinators will usually be employed full-time, except in circumstances agreed by the employer, such as on return from parental leave, when a Coordinator(s) may be employed as a job share or part-time.
3.38.5 The functions of the role are set out in the Coordinator Role Description drafted by the Ministry of Education along with any distinct responsibilities and/or activities that are defined by the employing school, in consultation with other schools in the Kāhui Ako or Cluster where applicable. To avoid doubt: any such distinct responsibilities and activities that sit outside those outlined in the role description by the Ministry of Education must be mutually agreed between employer and employee. the Kāhui Ako or Cluster schools, the employer will consider what is reasonable, taking account of the Coordinator’s responsibilities, duties and travel requirements.
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