Special Education Teachers
Special Education Teachers
What does a Special Education Teacher do?
The Special Education Teacher provides additional teaching support to children or young people attending mainstream classes who have been identified as having special educational needs.
The role of the Special Education Teacher includes:
– Leading the Continuum of Support problem solving process
– Promoting inclusive whole-school preventative and proactive teaching and learning approaches
– Using evidence informed teaching and learning approaches
– Engaging in TPL to upskill and develop knowledge, competencies and skills required for high quality provision of support
– Leading, in collaboration with class or subject teachers, on the development of Student Support Files and Student Support Plans
– Providing support across a variety of settings including in-class, small group and/or individual support
– Collaborating, liaising and communicating with parents/guardians, the child/young person, other relevant teachers and staff, the school principal and relevant others
– Engaging and collaborating with external agencies and services outside of the school as appropriate and necessary.
Special Education Teachers
Special Education Teaching (SET) Model – Primary
The SET Model (Special Education Teacher Model) for Primary Schools in Ireland is a framework used to allocate additional teaching resources to support pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream settings.
Special Education Teachers
Special Education Teaching (SET) Model – Post Primary
The SET Model (Special Education Teacher Model) for Post Primary Schools in Ireland is a framework used to allocate additional teaching resources to support pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream settings.
Special Education Teachers
SET Hours, Special Class Teachers and SNA Allocations
The SET Hours, Special Class Teachers and SNA Allocations webpage provides comprehensive data on how Special Education Teaching (SET) hours, Special Class Teachers and Special Needs Assistant (SNA) posts are allocated to schools.
Find information on allocations for the current year and also previous years.
Special Education Teachers
What is a SET Review?
Find out how more about the SET Review process and how it works.
