The New Teachers Times - Flipbook - Page 26
"Take a look at what you
could be doing differently"
New to Teaching - New to SEND
When you're new to teaching
there is so much to learn:
behaviour management,
teaching and learning. Special
educational needs support is not
an additional thing to learn, but
impacts on all areas you're
trying to get to grips with. For
example behavioural issues can
be a due to an underlying barrier
to learning.
Considering needs can improve
behaviour and academic
performance of your pupils.
The SEND Code of Practice makes
it clear that classes and/or subject
teachers are
directly responsible and
accountable for all pupils in their
class(es), even when pupils are
receiving support from a teaching
assistant
or other specialist staff, within or
outside the classroom.
Elly Haezewindt is an Inclusion
Coordinator at a large
Secondary school in
Hertfordshire. She has been a
Primary Headteacher and
worked in inner and outer
London schools as well as the
independent sector in the UK
and Thailand.
So you need to think about
SEND provision from the word
go.
However, you're not alone; Get
to know your SENCO as soon as
possible. Use your additional
off-timetable time to meet and
discuss all the SEND pupils in
your class.
Read your school SEND report (a
statutory document on your
school website). This outlines
what your school offers for
SEND students and also what's
expected from you in the
classroom.
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