Learning Support

Learning Support Specialist focuses on providing support for students who require additional language assistance, including those learning English or Chinese as an additional language.

Key Responsibilities

1. Assessment & Identification

Assess students' language proficiency across listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and contribute to the student identification process within the school framework.

2. Instruction & Support

a) Develop and implement targeted language learning plans (Tier 2 and Tier 3).

b) Deliver instruction primarily through push-in co-teaching and scaffolding; provide pullout intensive sessions only for high-need students.

c) Provide direct instruction to individuals and small groups.

3. Collaboration & Professional Support

a) Collaborate with homeroom and subject teachers to integrate language-support

strategies into daily instruction.

b) Support teachers in using differentiated strategies and academic-language scaffolds.

4. Cultural & SEL Integration: Foster students’ cultural adjustment, confidence, and

social-emotional growth through language learning.

5. Data & Monitoring: Participate in progress monitoring and data review to inform

ongoing support decisions. Use data, classroom assessments, and teacher input to

review student progress regularly.

6. Communication & Family Partnership: Communicate with families about student

progress and share strategies for continued support at home.

7. Approach

a) Operate within the MTSS framework to ensure students remain in mainstream classes

whenever possible.

b) Emphasize teacher capacity-building and collaboration alongside direct instruction.

8. Compliance & Safeguarding: Adhere strictly to child protection policies, employee conduct guidelines, and related policies.