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How students will benet from Success for All 

• Anadditional1100studentsinOngoingandReviewableResourcingSchemes(ORRS).

• 1000morechildrenagedvetoeightyearswillreceiveindividualisedspecialistsupporttosupportthemin

theirrstthreeyearsofschool;someofthesechildrenwillbethosewhohavenotattendedanearly

childhoodcentre.

• AmoreexibleserviceforstudentsveriedforORRSwithsensoryimpairments.Teachingresourceswillbe

allocatedtoBlindandLowVisionEducationNetworkNZ(BLENNZ)andthetwoDeafEducationCentres(DECs)

meaningstudentswillhavemoreaccesstospecialistteachers,interpretersornotetakers.

• Specialschoolswillbeencouragedtoprovideanoutreachservicetoprovidespecialistteachersupport

tochildreninmainstreamsettings.

How schools will benet from Success for All 

• TheNewZealandTeachersCouncilwillrequireteachereducationproviderstoincludeafocusoninclusive

educationinfutureinitialteachereducationprogrammes.

• TheMinistryofEducationwillreviewexistingtrainingprogrammesforboardsoftrusteesandprincipals

toensurethattheycoverexpectationsandrequirementsforeducatingstudentswithspecialneeds.

• TheMinistrywillincludeafocusonstudentswithspecialeducationneedsincurrentprogrammesofwork

suchastheStudentAchievementFunctionandProfessionalLearningandDevelopmentcontracts.• ThechangesalreadyannouncedforthetransformationofResourceTeacher:LearningandBehaviour(RTLB)

clusterswillmeangreaterconsistencyofpracticeacrossthecountry.

How families and whänau will benet from Success for All 

• ReducedbureaucracyforchildrenwhoareclearlyeligibleforORRS.

• Assessmentwillfocusonthelevelofneed,ratherthanthelevelofdisability.

What does a fully inclusive education system look like?

• The2010EducationReviewOfce(ERO)reportIncluding Students with High Needs indicatedthatafully

inclusiveschoolhas:

 – strongethicalleadershipandstandards

 – coordinatedandinformedapproachestoincludingallstudents

 – innovativeandexiblepractice.

• Thereportprovidesdetailedindicatorsandself-reviewchecklistsforschoolstouseastheybuild

inclusivepractices.

Q&As

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What sort of specialist services will be available for students with a sensory impairment?

From2012:

• ORRSteacherandteacheraidetimeforstudentswithasensoryimpairmentwillbetransferredtoBLENNZand

thetwoDECsforallocationnationally.

• Thiswillmeanthattheyhavemoreexibilitytocustomisethespecialistresourceneededbystudentswith

sensoryimpairment.• Thiscouldincludemorespecialistresourceteachertimeforblindchildren,notetakerorinterpretersfor

deafchildren.

• TheMinistrywillworkwithBLENNZ,theDECsandtheschoolswherethestudentsareenrolledoverthenext

yeartoensurethatstudentsreceiveaservicethatbestmeetstheirindividualneeds.

How much money is being spent?

• $6.4millionperyear($25.6millionoverfouryears)togiveapproximately1000childrenagedvetoeight

yearsaccesstoindividualisedadditionalsupport.

• $51millionoverfouryearstoextendORRSby1100places(fundingapprovedinBudget2009).

• Governmentcurrentlyinvestsapproximately$460millionperannumtosupportstudentswithspecial

educationneeds–thisincludes$136millionperannumfortheORRS,$68millionperannumfortheResource

Teachers:LearningandBehaviourserviceand$37millionperannumforearlyinterventionservices.

What changes will there be for special schools?

• Specialschoolswillremainasanimportantpartoftheeducationsystemtoensuretherearechoicesavailable

forparents.

• Theywillbeencouragedandsupportedtoprovideout-reachspecialistteachingservicestosupportstudents

withhighandveryhighneedsinmainstreamschools.

• Thisrecognisestheskillsofspecialistteachersandmeansmorestudentswillbenetfromtheirexpertise.

• Forsomespecialschoolstherewillbenochangebecausetheyarealreadyprovidingout-reachservices

effectively.

Who will be involved?

• Everyoneneedstobeinvolved–boards,principals,teachers,MinistryofEducationstaff,thedisabilitysector,

providers,studentsandparents–everyonewhocurrentlysupportsstudentswithspecialeducationneeds.

Further Information

For more detailed information on the changes resulting from the Review of Special Education:call us on 0800 622 222

see the Questions and Answers on our website:

www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/SpecialEducation.aspx

or email us at: se.review@minedu.govt.nz October 2010