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Term 2 2022 Newsletter to Kura

Term 2, 2022 Newsletter Kia ora koutou,RTLB Cluster Vision: To ensure success for all ākonga through collaboration and inclusive education. He waka eke noaRTLB Cluster Mission: We strengthen and empower kaiako to enhance educational outcomes. Values: Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga, Rangatiratanga & Kotahitanga Well, term two has flown by! It’s definitely been another challenging term for the education sector. I’m sure you are completely over juggling staffing and messages about COVID, fl...

Term 1 2022 Newsletter to Kura

Kia ora koutou, RTLB Cluster Vision: To ensure success for all ākonga through collaboration and inclusive education. He waka eke noa RTLB Cluster Mission: We strengthen and empower kaiako to enhance educational outcomes. Values: Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga, Rangatiratanga & Kotahitanga Welcome back to a slightly different New Year.  Our team is business as usual and we are looking forward to supporting you again. This might be kanohi ki te kanohi or this may be online, whichever way...

Term 3 2021 Newsletter to Kura

Term 3 Newsletter Kia ora koutou,RTLB Cluster Vision: To ensure success for all ākonga through collaboration and inclusive education. He waka eke noaRTLB Cluster Mission: We strengthen and empower kaiako to enhance educational outcomes. Values: Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga, Rangatiratanga & Kotahitanga Well where did that term go? Our team is back in schools/kura and it is ‘business as usual’ for us. Thank you for continuing to welcome our team into your schools/kura. We understand the...

Term 2 2021 Newsletter to Kura

Term 2 2021 Newsletter Kia ora koutou,RTLB Cluster Vision: To ensure success for all ākonga through collaboration and inclusive education. He waka eke noaRTLB Cluster Mission: We strengthen and empower kaiako to enhance educational outcomes. Values: Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga, Rangatiratanga & Kotahitanga We are over halfway through the term already. This newsletter is to let you know what is happening in the RTLB service.  Overview of newsletter content: Job descriptions & appraisa...

Term 1 2021 Newsletter to Kura

Term 1 Newsletter Kia ora koutou,RTLB Cluster Vision: To ensure success for all ākonga through collaboration and inclusive education. He waka eke noaThis whakataukī translates to meaning a waka that we are all in, with no exception. More broadly, there is the sense of embarking on a journey together, and that the success of the journey is reliant on collective and collaborative effort. RTLB Cluster Mission: We strengthen and empower kaiako to enhance educational outcomes. Values: Whanaung...

Term 4, 2020 Newsletter to Principals/APs/DPs/SENCos & LSCs

Kia ora koutou, We hope you managed to get some spring sunshine on you, spend time with whānau, friends and recharge the batteries?  We know that schools/kura have been, and continue to, provide a safe sanctuary for our ākonga during this time of uncertainty. It seems like it has been a very long year for everyone. Our RTLB are always mindful of the wellbeing of kaiako and aim to make our partnership a positive and effective one where you feel empowered and well supported. Thank you for c...

Term 3 Newsletter 2020

Term 3 Newsletter Kia ora koutou, We hope that the term has begun smoothly and it continues to be virus free! I am reminded how resilient Cantabrians are and how we do have strategies to keep ourselves well and we know how to support each other. Our team is in full force and raring to go!  Thank you for continuing to welcome our team into your schools. We value the trusting relationships we build with you and your staff.  He waka eke noa.  StaffingWe have a stable staff and are fu...

In-Class Support 2021 Nominations due 17th September

Kia ora principals, DPs, SENCos & LSCs Please find attached the nomination form for In-Class Support (ICS) 2021. The deadline for ICS nominations for 2021 is 5pm Thursday 17th September 2020. The region has decided the priority will be Years 3-10 as it has been in previous years.  Please send all nominations, with attachments, to ics.canterbury@education.govt.nz. Your liaison RTLB will be available to support SENCos & LSCs review the applications throughout the process, and before subm...

Term 2 email to principals

Kia ora koutou Welcome back to Term 2 and Alert Level 2!  We hope you are all well and taking care of yourselves? We again, appreciate this is a busy time for schools, settling back into school/kura life and establishing routines.  We would like to let you and your team know we continue to offer our service to support you.  We are planning for the move into Alert Level 2 on the 18th May, following the information shared by MOE and how this relates to RTLB provision.During ale...

Term 1 2020 Newsletter

Term 1 Newsletter Kia ora koutou, RTLB Cluster Vision:  To ensure success for all ākonga through collaboration and inclusive education. He waka eke noaThis whakataukī translates to meaning a waka that we are all in, with no exception. More broadly, there is the sense of embarking on a journey together, and that the success of the journey is reliant on collective and collaborative effort. RTLB Cluster Mission: We strengthen and empower kaiako to enhance educational outcomes. Valu...

Request for Support Guidelines

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RTLB Teacher Brochure

The RTLB Teacher Brochure is a great overview on our value to you and what different services you will get by joining us. Download this below and remember to reach out if you have further questions....

Welcome Newsletter | Principals Term 1, 2019

I hope the year has started well and you have had a restful summer break with your whānau and friends.  I would like to introduce myself to you all. I have the privilege of beingthe new Cluster Manager for Te Paeroa RTLB cluster 34, replacing Maureen Allenwho is now the principal of Waitaha School. I was at Beckenham Te Kura o Pūrotofor 22 years with the last 6 years as Deputy Principal/SENCO. In 2018, I wasseconded to the Ministry of Education in the Learning Support team, and now, ...

Information for whanau/families by RTLB

An RTLB is a Resource Teacher of Learning and Behaviour. RTLB work within schools providing more explicit support to teachers of students who may require additional help within the regular classroom programme. Te Paeroa RTLB work within schools in the South East of Christchurch/Chathams with: School personnelWhānauA range of Ministry of Education specialistsOther agencies...

Schoolgate | An online database

Schoolgate is the online database we use for managing requests for support and communicating between RTLBs and schools. In Schoolgate are some excellent pictorial tutorials and videos to help you with various aspects of Schoolgate. To find these resources follow these steps....

Resource Teacher of Learning & Behaviour | Permanent Position

Thank you for your interest in applying for the Resource Teacher of Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) position within Te Paeroa Cluster 34, South and East Christchurch. Following is a copy of the RTLB job description and person specification....

Positive Behaviour For Learning (PB4L)

Positive Behaviour for Learning initiatives help parents, whānau, teachers, early childhood centres, and schools address problem behaviour, improve children’s well-being, and increase educational achievement.By strengthening relationships and creating more positive home and school environments we remove barriers to engagement and improve students’ chances to achieve at school and beyond. PB4L is a long-term, systemic approach involving ten initiatives. These include whole-school change...