Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) provide learning and behaviour support to all state, state integrated, and partnership kura/schools. Forty RTLB teams across New Zealand support students with learning and behaviour needs from year 1-10 inclusive, their teachers, and schools. RTLB have a particular focus on supporting Māori and Pasifika students, and children and young people entering state care.
Improved teaching practice, student presence, participation, engagement, achievement and inclusive practice.
Increase in number of inclusive schools.
Each cluster requires the referring school to provide a detailed request for service form that includes details of the support sought, for example, student achievement data or a school’s goal to improve inclusive practices.
RTLB interventions are designed by the RTLB in collaboration with teacher/s, SENCOs, and parents/caregivers. Interventions are goal oriented and can range from a few weeks to several months, until the goals are achieved or reviewed.
RTLB support teachers and develop school capability to provide effective and sustainable programmes for learners with learning and behaviour difficulties.
RTLB practice develops positive, culturally responsive relationships with students and their families/whānau. The RTLB model of practice is collaborative and includes students, parents, families/whānau, hapu, iwi and community throughout the practice sequence.
The RTLB model of practice is mandated in the RTLB Toolkit, ensuring consistency of practice across all 40 RTLB teams. RTLB use a wide range of evidence-based interventions to support teacher practice and school capability.
RTLB clusters report to cluster schools, the lead school board of trustees, and the Ministry regularly throughout the year. Outcome reporting captures improvements across presence, participation, learning, achievement, behaviour and inclusion measures.
Provider (RTLB Lead School)
Updated on: 25 Aug 2014
