About strategies & tips for teachers
Some strategies and tips for teachers who have a key role in ensuring a successful IEP process.
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Download documents
Information sheet
Supporting the IEP process through information sharing – downloadable PDF about how to involve all staff in the IEP process.
Supporting the IEP process through information sharing (PDF, 71 KB)
Something to consider
Stephen's teacher support notes – explains ways that work for Stephen who has Autism. Stephen's parents wrote these notes for the teachers at his new school. Downloadable PDF.
Stephen's teacher support notes (PDF, 94 KB)
Ways of working
IEP process at Garin College – Specialist teacher Mary McDonald outlines the IEP process used at Garin College.
IEP process Garin College (PDF, 90 KB)
IEP cover track sheet from – an example, from Garin College, of tracking-system the collating of information from teachers and other IEP team members.
IEP cover track sheet - Garin College (PDF, 126 KB)
Pre-IEP information gathering sheet – an example, from Tauranga Boys' College, of how schools can gather the right information from all IEP team members.
Pre IEP information gathering - Tauranga Boys' College (PDF, 557 KB)
Feature template
IEP template – from Queen's High School downloadable Word do, which was based on the recommendations from Collaboration for Success, the IEP guidelines. This template was adapted from the IEP template available to download from IEP Online; see Links section below.
Keeping teachers informed
Learning Support staff use different ways to keep subject teachers informed about how they can teach students.
The downloadable documents include three examples of student profiles and tips for teaching students who have hearing loss.
Student Profiles
Student profile example - Andrew (PDF, 180 KB)
Student profile example - James (PDF, 160 KB)
Student profile example - Melody (PDF, 208 KB)
Information about students with hearing loss
Teaching tips for students with hearing loss (PDF, 54 KB)
Links
Agree and Plan tab of the How to Succeed section on this website has a downloadable IEP (Do-it-Yourself) template.
Agree and Plan tab of the How to Succeed section on this website has a downloadable IEP template, which includes guidance notes that explain how each section can be completed.