PART 3SUPPLEMENTARY FUNCTIONS

Additional learning needs co-ordinator

Additional learning needs co-ordinator functions at an institution in the further education sectorI130

The tasks an additional learning needs co-ordinator at an institution in the further education sector is responsible for carrying out, or ensuring are carried out, are—

a

identifying a student’s additional learning needs and co-ordinating the making of additional learning provision that meets a student’s additional learning needs,

b

securing relevant services that will support a student’s additional learning provision as required,

c

keeping records of decisions about additional learning needs and individual development plans,

d

promoting a student with additional learning needs’ inclusion in the institution in the further education sector and access to the institution in the further education sector’s curriculum, facilities and extra-curricular activities,

e

monitoring the effectiveness of any additional learning provision made,

f

advising teachers at the institution in the further education sector about differentiated teaching methods appropriate for individual students with additional learning needs,

g

supervising and training further education learning support workers who work with students with additional learning needs, and

h

contributing to training for further education teachers at the institution in the further education sector to assist the additional learning needs co-ordinator in carrying out the tasks referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e).