Learning Support

Learning Support Team

The Learning Support Team's role is to provide assistance to any student who requires learning support in the mainstream.

It is a highly active team consisting of the Principal, Deputy Principals, Careers Adviser, Head Teachers of Welfare and Teaching and Learning, Counsellor, targeted staff who lead specific programs.

The Gonski funds have enabled the school to provide additional support to a large number of students as well as extra training for staff.  These students would not recieve any additional funding or support under previous resource models. 

A broad range of specific programs are run to address individual learning needs. Some of these include:

• MULTILIT - research-based reading/literacy support
• Reading On - extending students with previous literacy struggles
• Executive Functioning Training to help students develop thinking and decision making skills
• Secret Agent Society social skills and social comprehension
• Spell-It - program for improving spelling/writing skills
• Study Skills, Organisation and Planning - small group mentoring by former high-achieving EHS students
• Gifted and Talented student identification, achievement tracking, and academic support
• Data tracking program to monitor the achievement trajectories of students as they progress through school 

At different times in their school career many students will require additional help. Parents or students who feel they might need some assistance should contact one of the Learning Support teachers or one of the school counsellors.

Support for Students with Autism

Staff have been given significant support in the teaching of students with Autism through a Positive Partnership program. The Department of Education has significant resources which you may also access via the following link:

http://www.positivepartnerships.com.au/parents-carers-children-autism

Mainstream Teaching and Learning Staff: