04. Inclusivity in Education with MoE Director of Learning Support Dr David Wales, and Accredited Facilitator with Vision Education Justine Brock

Family, Whanau and Disability

Research: Rebecca Armstrong
Presenter: Val Ockenden
Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0
Guests: Justine Brock
Accredited Facilitator for Vision Education and parent of five boys on the Autism Spectrum
From Vision Education website: I have been working as a literacy facilitator for Vision Education since the beginning of 2013 and as a team leader for Vision Education since 2014. I have experience working with a wide range of schools, who face a variety of complex challenges including low literacy achievement.
As a literacy facilitator, an integral part of my role is to develop and strengthen effective literacy practice across schools. In order to do so, I hold strong content knowledge and experience in many aspects of literacy practice, including but not limited to the following:
Reading

• Writing
• Oral language
• Inquiry
• Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
• Mentoring and leadership
• Building leadership capacity
• Assessment
• English Language Learning
• Inclusive education
• Digital technology

I am an accredited facilitator available for centrally funded PLD. Click here to read a summary of practice
Dr David Wales PhD
National Director of Learning Support, Ministry of Education
From Ministry of Education website: We are the Government’s lead advisor on education. Our mission is to lift aspiration and raise educational achievement for every New Zealander. Achieving this means ensuring the education system:

• Enables every child, young person and student to succeed
• Maximises the contribution education makes to the New Zealand economy

Programme Synopsis

• As part of the services Vision Education provides for schools, there is a focus on inclusive practice - particularly supporting schools to review and implement inclusive practices that meet the needs of all learners.
• Just over 25 years ago, a new vision for special education was written into law. The
  Education Act was changed so that schools were required to enrol all children who came
  through their doors, including those with disabilities. In 2010 the public were invited to participate in the Review of Special Education by responding to a discussion document featuring questions on special education and inclusiveness (see info below). This reviews approximately half of schools practiced inclusive education. A review in 2013 showed that 77 percent of schools identified as inclusive.

Music
“We are the same” by Mark Goffeney
Links

• bigtoerocks.com/
• facebook.com/The-Real-Mark-Goffeney-500011805726/
• education.govt.nz/ministry-of-education/specific-initiatives/learning-support/
• visioneducation.co.nz/welcome/
• Safesquares
• Parent to Parent New Zealand Inc
• Altogether Autism
• Care Matters or 0508 236 236 freephone service for carers
• Mana Whaikaha – MidCentral only