In younger MYP Years, LET teachers provide push-in support in content-area classes. LET team members’ schedules are flexible, and are determined on based on students’ needs and timetable availability. Each LET member has a content area that they specialize in (English, Chinese, I&S, Science, and Maths). Support is provided to all teachers within these departments, to facilitate differentiation. Individual teachers with students with higher needs receive more targeted support from LET members, involving co-planning and co-teaching. As a Learning Enhancement Team, we stress that having two teachers in the room benefits all students, not just those on the learning support register, and aim to have collaborative team teaching wherever practicable.

Students who require more targeted support are sometimes pulled out of content area classes for skills practice. We limit pull-out instruction in the MYP and DP, as per VSA’s commitment to inclusive education. Still, we offer small group instruction during lunch times and after school, including social skills groups, self-management workshops, and cross-age peer mentoring.

The several students in each MYP year group who are struggling the most across subject areas are invited to join the Language and Academic Skills Building (LABS) class. This course is small by design, with a maximum of seven students, and is led by members of the Learning Enhancement Team to provide highly targeted and intensive individualized instruction. LABS helps students develop academic and ATL skills that are designed to support them across all of their content-area classes.