Tutoring at the SPELD Student Learning Centre
The Student Learning Centre provides individual tutoring using high-quality intervention learning programs for students who are struggling in literacy or maths, as well as those who have been diagnosed with Dyslexia and/or other Specific Learning Disabilities.
Special Educational Teachers work with students on a sessional basis.
Teachers employed at the Student Learning Centre:
- have special education qualifications
- are experienced in teaching students with Dyslexia and other Learning Difficulties/Disabilities
- are able to apply on-going assessment and reporting practices
- hold current registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching
- maintain a high level of professional development
- maintain a current police record check
The program also includes working in partnership with parents and the school. It includes regular parent/teacher interviews and half-yearly written reports, so there is consistent feedback on progress.
For students, the key intervention features of programs are:
- assessment and analysis of literacy and numeracy problems using a range of formal and informal measures
- structured, sequenced sessions and opportunities for repetition and practice of skills, including utilising assistive technologies such as software programs
- student engagement in the acquisition of literacy and numeracy through the appropriate selection of teaching strategies and resource materials
- modelling specific strategies to students
- maintaining the motivation and confidence of students to persist with learning by giving positive feedback regarding performance and achievement
- monitoring student performance and teaching practices on an on-going basis
There are tutoring sessions available right now
For more information or to book please ring SPELD on 9489 4344.
The Specific Learning Difficulties (SPELD) Association of Victoria
