RTLB Roadshow

Reasource Teacher of Learning and Behaviour

Main job: to support teachers to raise student achievement. Look to change the students' environments to remove barriers to learning.  Work with students, teachers and other school personel, whanua.

Work in collaboration with other partners - based on mutual respect, Partnership, Protection and Participation. Responsibility is shared between all parties. There's a mutual agreement of goals and problem solving and decision making are shared. To do this, clear and frequent communication is essential.

Types of Referrals:
Individual
Groups
Department/Syndicate
Whole School
Teachers
Class

Emma is our SENCO so everything needs to go through her.

10 Step Process
1. Referral (to Emma)
2. Initial Meeting (RTLB makes contact with me)
3. Data Gathering (looking at the whole child, what's happening inside the class, family, medical, etc. Could take up to three weeks)
4. Analysis
5. Goal Setting
6. Planning
7. Intervention/Implementation
8. Post data gathering
9. Follow Up
10. Reflection, review and closure

When to refer:
- when students have not responded to effective classroom teaching strategies
- when senior staff have been involved in problem solving.

Ecological Approach

7 Principles guiding RTLB practice
- inclusive teaching
- culturally responsive
- ecological approach
- collaborative and seamless model of service
- strengths based
- reflective
- evidence based


HLN students (High Learning Needs)
-has been restructured to be part of the RTLB services.

"If they don't learn the way you teach, teach the way they learn."