Learner Support at Business School of Excellence Namibia
What is Learner Support?
Learner Support Services (LSS) is an individualised support service that helps students that are facing personal or learning challenges to manage these while studying so that they can successfully complete their training and transition to sustainable employment.
Overview
Learner support services personnel assist learners in the development of their self-directed learning skills by encouraging long term goal setting, development of time management skills, self-assessment of learning progress, and greater learning autonomy.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is meant by learner support?
Learner support focuses on what the teacher or instructor can or should do to help learners beyond the formal delivery of content, or skills development.
What are examples of learning support?
In practice, academic support encompasses a broad array of educational strategies, including tutoring sessions, supplemental courses, summer learning experiences, after-school programs, teacher advisors, and volunteer mentors, as well as alternative ways of grouping, counseling, and instructing students.
What is teaching and learning support?
Job description. Usually based in primary and post-primary schools, learning support teachers focus on the provision of supplementary teaching to pupils who require additional help. They work with pupils in groups or one-to-one, either in the classroom or in a learning support room.
What do learning support teachers do?
A Learning Support Assistant (LSA) helps children and young people who need support within the classroom. This role assists Teachers to create environments where pupils with extra learning needs can make the most of their education.
What are the levels of learner support?
They describe four types of support systems: (1) Learner support that addresses learner needs, (2) Learner support and the needs of the content, (3) Learner support related to the institutional context, and (4) Learner support and technology.
What is a level 2 teaching assistant diploma?
This CACHE Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools and Colleges course is designed to give you an understanding of the skills and knowledge needed when working with children and young people in a school or college setting.
What do you need to be a learning support assistant?
There are no set qualifications. Schools and local authorities have different requirements. Most employers look for a good general education and experience working with young people who have additional support needs.
How can you support learners in the classroom?
Maintain and encourage a positive outlook; focus on the good. Provide opportunities for small successes and then celebrate them. Give assignments/tasks in small, manageable chunks. Acknowledge the students’ feelings and their lived experiences; incorporate student interests/experiences into lessons.
How do you support learners with learning difficulties?
Make learning participative. Encourage peer learning. Break tasks down into smaller steps that will incrementally build into the task objective. Use learners’ own words, language, materials and personal context – be clear about activity purpose and how it relates to the skills needs of the learner.
How do you support learners with learning difficulties?
Make learning participative. Encourage peer learning. Break tasks down into smaller steps that will incrementally build into the task objective. Use learners’ own words, language, materials and personal context – be clear about activity purpose and how it relates to the skills needs of the learner.
What is learning support in inclusive education?
Support in the context of this study is regarded as any and all activities that elevate the ability of a school as a system to respond to the diverse learning needs of children.
What is learning support in primary school?
The Primary Learning Support Service (PLSS) provides specialist help for primary school age children with emotional, social, language, communication and mental health difficulties. PLSS helps children with Special Educational Needs (SEN), their parents and carers, and staff working with them.
What makes a good learning support assistant?
You need to be able to: get on well with children and build good relationships with them. respect confidentiality in relation to the children. build good working relationships with teachers and parents.
Can I be a teaching assistant without qualifications?
Some schools will allow you to apply without any qualifications, but these jobs will be the most competitive. Regardless of which school you apply to, having nationally recognised teaching assistant qualifications on your CV will help you to stand out in a competitive market.
What are the examples of learning materials?
These include the lectures, readings, textbooks, multimedia components, and other resources in a course. These materials can be used in both face-to-face and online classrooms; however, some must be modified or redesigned to be effective for the online environment.