Learning and Support Team

The Learning and Support Team consists of: Mrs Dooley (Relieving Deputy Principal) who oversees who will receive support from the team, Mrs Flannery our Learning and Support Teacher (LaST) who writes and puts in to action programs written specifically to support learning needs, supports students emotionally in a variety of ways and assists Classroom Teachers with behavioural and educational strategies to use in the classroom, and 7 highly experienced Student Learning Support Officers (SLSOs) – Mrs Anderson, Mrs Baker, Mrs Gillard, Mrs Hird, Mrs Laurie, Mrs Littman, Mrs Kim, Mrs Palmero, Mrs Ramlawie and Mrs Rudd.

Mrs Flannery will continue to run the Macqlit for small groups using ZOOM to teach and improve reading skills. She will also be running ZOOM sessions with students who have been identified to attend regularly and receive one-on-one support to complete any unfamiliar content with their home class work.

Another aspect of Mrs Flannery’s role is to touch base regularly with students who are struggling emotionally with the challenges of our new learning environment. She liaises with not only the students using Google Classroom and Seesaw, she will call parents directly to offer her support.

Mrs Flannery will be liaising with classroom teachers regularly to assist them with differentiation in their day to day classroom programming. Before a student is referred to the Learning and Support Team their teacher will differentiate the standard classroom content, if the student is still struggling to complete the work independently they will be referred to Mrs Dooley who will work with the assistance of the senior school executive, Stage Assistant Principal, School Counsellor and Mrs Flannery to establish where to go to next with each individual student.