The Department of Education is transitioning all Queensland state schools to the Students with disability – Reasonable
adjustment resourcing model (RAR). RAR will be implemented in all state schools by 2025.
RAR provides resources to schools to enable them to make reasonable adjustments for students with disability to support
them to access and participate in education on the same basis as their peers to enable every individual to discover
their passion on their pathway of learning.
As a school, our role is to collect, collate and act on information contained in specialist formal assessments and parent
and teacher feedback. This information allows us to collaborate with parents, external stakeholders and students to
identify barriers to learning and make suitable adjustments to allow students to successfully participate in all areas of
school life.
Our Teams
At Ferny Grove SHS there are a variety of staff available to support students. Depending on the adjustments required,
students could be supported via our Students with Disability (SWD) or Student Support Services (SSS) Teams or within the
classroom via the classroom teachers. Students could also be supported by their year coordinator and/or year level
Deputy Principal. All these people work in conjunction with one another to support students.
Student with Disabilities (SWD) Team SWD@fernygroveshs.eq.edu.au
Our SWD Team consists of:
- Head of Special Education Services
- Support Mentors
- Teacher Aides
Student Support Services (SSS) Team SSS@fernygroveshs.eq.edu.au
Our SSS Team consists of:
- Guidance Officers
- Social Worker
- Chaplain
- Youth Support Worker
- Defence School Mentor
- Youth Support Worker
- Community Education Counsellor
- School Based Youth Health Nurse
Our Diverse Learners
The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) is the way in which all Australian
school identify, monitor and makes reasonable adjustments for students with disability. Adjustments are made on
differing levels of support that are appropriate to our students.
The NCCD is an annual collection of information about Australian school students with disability. The NCCD enables schools, education authorities and governments to better understand the needs of students with disability and how they can be best supported at school. Across Term 2, all school staff provide our NCCD School Team with information on the students in their classes.
Additional information can be found at the following website: https://www.nccd.edu.au/
NCCD Level
| NCCD Level Summary
| RAR Model of Support
|
Level 1: Quality Differentiated Teaching Practice | Students are supported
within the classroom, without drawing on additional resources.
| Student support needs are
managed by the classroom teacher and Heads of Department. Advice can be sought
from the Head of Teaching and Learning.
|
Level 2: Supplementary
| Students receive
adjustments in addition to the strategies and resources already available in
the classroom for particular activities at specific times throughout the week,
ie: chunking of information; visual prompts; personalised and explicit
instruction; specialised technology.
| Student's support needs are managed by the classroom teacher and Heads of Department. Advice support can be sought from the Head of Special Education and Support Teacher Literacy and Numeracy.
Under RAR, student will have a Personalised Learning Plan (PLP) to assist with implementing personalised strategies.
|
Level 3: Substantial
| Students have substantial support needs, receive essential adjustments and require considerable adult assistance to the usual educational program at most times, on most days, ie: individualised instruction in a highly structured manner; specialised equipment; significantly modified lesson material; regular visiting teacher or external agency support.
| Alongside support from their classroom teachers as well as Heads of Department, student's may require additional support from SWD staff, the SSS Team or external EQ staff.
Under RAR, students will have an identified Support Mentor. Support Mentors work with classroom teachers to provide expert advice to support students to access and participate in the curriculum. Students will have a Personalised Learning Plan (PLP).
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