Māori Educational Achievement

This topic was previously called Māori Educational Success.

Māori Educational Achievement

• Updated the title of this topic to align with legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Reformatted to outline school responsibilities according to the Education and Training Act and the NELP.
• Clarified strategic planning requirements and frameworks for schools relating to Māori educational achievement.
• Clarified how the school supports Māori educational achievement through teaching and leadership practices.

Māori Educational Achievement (specified kura)

• This is a version of Māori Educational Achievement for specified kura. It includes the changes above where applicable to specified kura, and includes strategic planning requirements in relation to te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Learning Support

We made substantial updates to Learning Support topics to consolidate and streamline information. We added the legislative background for learning support throughout.

Learning Support

• Moved information about identifying learning support needs into the Identifying Learning Support Needs topic.
• Moved information from the Learning Support Coordination topic (which will be retired) into this topic in a section on learning support responsibilities.
• Moved information about funding, resourcing, and providing learning support into the new Providing Learning Support topic.
• Added more information about recording and sharing learning support information, and professional development and staff support.
• Included different wording options in the topic for specialist schools.

Learning Support Coordination

• Retired this topic (removed from sites) when we published these updates. Relevant content is now in the main Learning Support topic.

Identifying Learning Support Needs

• Updated the title of this topic title from "Identify Learning Support" to "Identifying Learning Support Needs".
• Added content about identifying learning supports needs from the main Learning Support topic.
• Added a section to highlight how requests for learning support from parents/caregivers and students are managed.

Providing Learning Support

• This new topic covers at a policy level how learning support is provided at your school, including resourcing and possible learning support programmes.
• Added new wording about transitions.
• Relevant content previously in subtopics (Individual Education Plan, Reading Recovery, Literacy Support, Perceptual Motor Programme, Gifted Learners, English Language Learners), is now covered here.
• Included different wording options in the topic for specialist schools.

The Teacher's Role

• Retired this topic (removed from sites) when we published these updates. Relevant content is now covered in the new Providing Learning Support topic.

Learning Support Staff

• Retired this topic (removed from sites) when we published these updates. Relevant content is now covered in the new Providing Learning Support topic.

Individual Education Plan

• Retired this topic (removed from sites) when we published these updates. Relevant content is now covered in the new Providing Learning Support topic.

Reading Recovery (Primary and Composite)

• Retired this topic (removed from sites) when we published these updates. Relevant content is now covered in the new Providing Learning Support topic.

Literacy Support (Secondary and Composite)

• Retired this topic (removed from sites) when we published these updates. Relevant content is now covered in the new Providing Learning Support topic.

Learning Support Supervision

• Retired this topic (removed from sites) when we published these updates. Relevant content is now in the main Learning Support topic and supervision topics.
• Added this wording (which can be made school-specific) to the Playground Supervision (primary) and Interval/Lunch Supervision (secondary/composite) topics: "We ensure students with learning support and healthcare needs are appropriately supervised."

Perceptual Motor Programme (PMP)

• Retired this topic (removed from sites) when we published these updates. Relevant content is now covered in the new Providing Learning Support topic.

Gifted Learners

• Retired this topic (removed from sites) when we published these updates. Relevant content is now covered in the new Providing Learning Support topic.

English Language Learners (ELL)

• Retired this topic (removed from sites) when we published these updates. Relevant content is now covered in the new Providing Learning Support topic.