More Support for Students with Disabilities Initiative
Menu of Activities
Education authorities will select the output/activities from those listed below which they
believe will be most beneficial in meeting the objectives and outcomes of the initiative within
their jurisdiction. Implementation Plans developed by each education authority will detail the
rationale for the selection of the outputs and strategies for delivering them.
Outputs/Activities
1 - Developing support centres which
serve as a centre of expertise in the
educational needs of students with
disabilities and provide expert support
to a group of other schools that may
not have this expertise.
2 - Schools coordinating with
health/allied health or other
professionals to strengthen the
school’s support for students with
disabilities.
Performance Indicators
1. Number of support centres providing support
to the school system.
2. Number of schools supported by support
centres.
3. Number of students with disabilities supported
by support centres.
4. Number of teachers supported by support
centres.
1. Number of students with disabilities supported
by school coordinating with health/allied
health or other professionals.
2. Number of schools supported by health/allied
health or other professionals.
3. Number of schools currently being supported
by health/allied health or other professionals.
3 - Providing training for pre-service
and/or practicing teachers to build
their skills in special education.
1. Number of pre-service and/or practicing
teachers that attended training to build their
skills in special education.
2. Number of schools benefitting from teachers
provided with training to build their skills in
special education.
4 - Providing training for all school staff
to improve understanding of their
obligations under the Disability
Standards for Education 2005 and how
to meet those obligations.
1. Number of school staff that attended training
to improve their understanding of their
obligations under the Disability Standards for
Education 2005 and how to meet those
obligations.
2. Number of schools benefitting from staff that
attended training to improve their
understanding of their obligations under the
Disability Standards for Education 2005 and
how to meet those obligations.
5- Supporting school principals and/or
school leadership teams to strengthen
teachers’ ability to assist students with
disabilities.
1. Number of principals and/or school leadership
team staff supported to strengthen teachers’
ability to assist students with disabilities.
2. Number of schools benefitting from principals
and/or school leaders supported to strengthen
teachers’ ability to assist students with
disabilities.
6 – Supporting school staff to assess
the current learning level of students
with disabilities, adapt the teaching
curriculum to suit their current level of
ability and report on student progress
in progressing through their adapted
curriculum.
1. Number of students with disabilities that
underwent process of assessment and
resulting curriculum adaptation.
2. Numbers of students with disabilities receiving
reporting against adapted curriculum.
3. Number of school staff supported in assessing
students with disabilities, adapting curriculum
to their needs and reporting on student
progress against adapted curriculum.
4. Number of schools benefitting from teachers
supported in assessing students with
disabilities, adapting curriculum to their needs
and reporting on student progress against
adapted curriculum.
7 – Supporting teachers to develop or
modify lesson plans to suit the needs
of students with disabilities.
1. Number of students with disabilities receiving
instruction under tailored lesson plans.
2. Number of teachers supported to develop or
modify lesson plans to suit the needs of
students with disabilities.
3. Number of schools benefitting from teachers
supported to develop or modify lesson plans to
suit the needs of students with disabilities.
8 – Supporting teachers to meet the
needs of students with disabilities
through in-classroom support from
additional qualified teachers (team
teaching).
1. Number of qualified teachers providing inclassroom support to other teachers in
meeting the needs of students with
disabilities.
2. Number of students with disabilities assisted
through in-classroom support from additional
qualified teachers.
3. Number of teachers that benefitted from
support provided by additional qualified
teachers.
9 – Engaging paraprofessionals (aka
teacher’s aides) to strengthen their
skills in supporting students with
disabilities.
1. Number of paraprofessionals (aka teacher’s
aides) engaged to develop their skills in
supporting students with disabilities.
10 - Providing assistive technology
(e.g. computer software, low vision
aids, communication tools) to support
the teaching and participation of
students with disabilities.
1. Number of assistive technology items
provided to schools to support the teaching of
students with disabilities.
2. Number of students with disabilities
benefitting from assistive technology.
3. Number of schools provided with assistive
technology items.
11 - Providing training for teachers to
strengthen their skills in the use of
assistive technology in the classroom.
1. Number of teachers that attended training in
the use of assistive technology.
2. Number of schools benefitting from teachers
provided with training in the use of assistive
technology.
12 – Providing additional support for
students with disabilities to transition
effectively between stages of
schooling and/or from school into
further education, training or
employment.
1. Number of students with disabilities provided
with additional support to transition between
stages of schooling and/or from school into
further education, training or employment.
2. Number of students with disabilities currently
receiving additional support to transition
between stages of schooling and/or from
school into further education, training or
employment.