Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish learning context and delivery arrangements
- Establish, analyse and organise the physical learning environment to meet organisation compliance and facilitate learning
- Identify and assess risks and constraints for learning delivery
- Access information from teachers, others, documentation or records on the individual learning needs of students
- Confirm responsibilities and role with relevant staff, to establish, deliver and review learning
- Plan to reflect inclusivity and diversity principles in the learning environment
- Identify, interpret and document learning styles
- In conjunction with teacher, analyse and assess a broad range of learning theories and styles for relevance and application to the individual/group of students
- In conjunction with teacher, implement a range of learning strategies, analyse them for effectiveness and modify where necessary
- Provide planning documentation to relevant staff for approval ensuring the plan reflects a variety of learning styles
- Manage the learning environment
- In conjunction with teacher, establish the learning environment to meet the agreed goals and to reflect inclusive processes and practices
- Facilitate learning to include diversity of student needs
- Use communication and interpersonal skills to establish learning environment and motivate students
- Identify barriers to learning and make adjustments where necessary to the learning environment
- Create learning experiences using learning theories, principles and inclusive practice
- Assess situations requiring interventions
- Gather information from relevant sources and identify the immediate and long term consequences of the situation
- Identify major issue of concern, factors which are maintaining the situation and frequency of the problem occurring
- Observe and investigate interaction patterns
- Identify and make decisions about the impact of the problem on people involved and need for urgent action
- Assess the likely intent of the student central to the problem
- In conjunction with teacher, develop, implement and review behaviour support strategies
- Under teacher supervision, develop clear goals to meet students needs and development stage and obtain required resources to implement strategies
- Where possible develop strategies with student and implement in the least obtrusive way, under teacher supervision
- Design strategies in consultation with other staff that create opportunities for students to interact with others
- Under teacher supervision, regularly review strategies which are achievable within available resources
- Complete incident report forms as required by organisation
- Reflect on own professional practice