Additional learning needs co-ordinator functions at an institution in the further education sector
30. 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).