In addition to the classroom
teachers provided by Brisbane Catholic Education Centre, St Martin's is
also provided with a Teacher Librarian, Learning Support Teacher, English
as a Second Language Teacher and release time for a teacher to coordinate
Learning Enrichment activities
From the fees collected from parents we also provide a Music Specialist,
a Physical Education Specialist, a teacher of Instrumental Band Music,
an Art Specialist and from 1998 a System Administrator for the Technology
2000 project.
The Italian Welfare Association (CO.AS.IT) provides funding for a teacher
of Italian. In 2002 children in years 5-7 will participate in Italian
as part of their cultural Literacy curriculum.
Through Brisbane Catholic Education we also have access to a range of
specialist personnel including a Guidance Officer, Special Education consultant
,Area Supervisor for Management Issues, Religious Education and Curriculum
Consultants.
LEARNING SUPPORT:
The Learning Support teacher works with children for all areas of the school and has a primary role of working with teachers in addressing the special needs of individual children. Children are referred by teachers for assessment and/or assistance in Literacy, Numeracy or any other factor which may be affecting the child's learning. This referral can also be made by parents. The Learning Support teacher also co-ordinates referrals to and visits from other specialists, such as the Guidance Counsellor, Speech Pathologist and Occupational Therapist.
Our learning support teacher is assisted by a learning enhancement teacher who works with small groups of children on a needs basis throughout the middle and senior school. These groups can be short or long term and support specific curriculum needs of children in literacy and numeracy.
ENRICHMENT SUPPORT:
In 2002 the focus of our Enrichment Program will be Information Technology. We have commited one full time teacher to co-ordinate an information Technology Program involving all children, utilizing our new Technology Centre. This will take the place of the Enrichment program that we have implemented over recent years.
