Secondary Focus Day in Deaf Education
Presented on Monday 22nd October, 2012
Supporting Deaf Pupils in Secondary Schools
Kirsty Steele, Principal Teacher of the Deaf, Calderside Academy
- Mainstream secondary school
- Previously Earnock High School, merged in 2007.
- 3 pupils - S2, S5 ( Peer group)
- All pupils have ASP's
- Use BSL to communicate **
- Digital hearing aids, cochlear implants
- 3.5 members of staff
- Access all areas of the curriculum
- Full-time support from ToD in all classes
Our team
Transition p7 to S1
- Priority - building links with Primary school
- Organise social events / building relationships
- Older students going on Work Experience - Role Models
- P7 pupils - ToD(s) visits weekly (timetable dependent)
- Pupil visits to school (map)
- P7 Interdisciplinary days - meet hearing peers
- Transition meetings
Facilitating Inclusion - Deaf Awareness
Pupil
- P7 transition (9 cluster primaries)
- S1 PSE
- Pupils BSL club
- S5/S6
- S5/6 6 week block
Staff
- Whole staff INSET every year
- Staff BSL class
- Presentation to probationer teachers
- Top Tips in every classroom (show)
BSL development
- ToD have a high level of BSL skill
- BSL development in FDT time once a month and 2 x INSET days
- Signing of school policies
- Signed version of school newsletter
- SSC signs for Science
- Next step : BSL for pupils
Parents as Partners
- Parent evenings
- Review Meetings
- Monthly update sheets
- SMS - Department mobile
- Homework diaries
Support in mainstream
- Registration, mainstream class, Base, extra- curricular activities, trips, parents nights
- Liaison with mainstream teachers
- Up to Advanced Higher level
- Match ToD strength to pupil need
- Support in class tests/SQA
Standard Grade English
1 - Liaison with Mainstream teacher.
2 - Looking at pupil ability/needs and how we can best support them.
3 - In 'Base' time, give introduction to issues within the novel
- Opening question - What do we know about ...?
- Think, Pair, Share
- Powerpoint
4 - Introduce any new vocabulary - begin vocabulary list
Begin reading the novel.
6 - Question booklet given to use as homework or in base.
7 - Chapter summaries
8 - Analysing main characters - Character list given and Character profile sheet.
9 - Analyse key scenes to help with essay writing - Story board.
10 - Essay plan.
11 - Display work.
Maths - Active Learning strategies
- Board work - projector
- Games - Loop cards
- Using contexts - maths becomes 'real' - Enterprise activities
- ICT - Education City
- 'Show me' boards
- Activelearninginmaths.co.uk
AifL strategies
Health and Wellbeing - SHANARI wheel
All Staff have a responsibility for the Health and Wellbeing of Pupils
Resources:
- NDCS Healthy Minds pack
- My World Triangle
- NDCS Moving On
- RNIB Think Good Feel Good
S5 Health and Wellbeing programme - Deaf culture, identity
- Deaf role model – ToD
- Positive Deaf Identity
- Given responsibilities within department
- Work experience at HSD
- Rights and responsibilities around the school and Community
- Rights and responsibilities after school – Employment, mental health, booking interpreters
- Skills, qualities
- Life skills
- Visiting college open days
- Listening Bus
Key Workers
Each pupil is allocated a Key Worker - First level Guidance
- Responsible for setting targets/collating information for ASP
- Monthly meetings (more often if required)
- Checklist
- ASP/Targets
- Recording achievements in CfE folders
- Profiling - Personal Learning Plans
Transition to FE
- Careers Advisor
- Visits to college/University
- Work Experience
- Enhancements