Learning Support Coordinators

Our Tūranganui-a-Kiwa Gisborne Kāhui Ako is fortunate to have staffing entitlement for 13 Learning Support Coordinators. Several of our LSCs work across multiple schools.

The LSC role will focus' on :

support for students in schools and kura
working with teachers and kaiako in schools and kura
working with parents, family and whānau - supporting them to access services
working with other LSCs across our cluster of schools and kura, and be assisted by the Ministry’s Learning Support staff working with the school or kura leadership team to plan support for all learners.
Part of their role is to address barriers to learning and deliver support as quickly as possible, close to where children and young people are learning. LSCs will strengthen in-school support. They will focus on identifying and coordinating support within a school, and connecting with Ministry of Education staff who can facilitate timely access to supports and services, including specialists, other services, and other agencies.
LSCs will have responsibility for their school’s learning support register
The LSCs will also play an important role in connecting with early learning services and kōhanga reo
Supporting transition across the schooling sector for those students who need extra support

LSCs will work alongside classroom teachers and others to:

build the capability of kaiako and teachers
identify and plan for the learning support needs of all children and young people in the school or kura, including those with moderate needs
be available to support learners, and their parents and whānau.
LSCs will also work with school and kura leadership to set up or improve existing systems to support children and young people with learning support needs to move smoothly between early learning services, schools and kura, and into further education, training or work.
Occasionally LSCs may work with individual students to provide direct support, but this will not be their main focus.

Our Learning Support Coordinators

Caroline McGuinness ECE LSC. lsc@gisint.school.nz