ED4U006 - Leading and Managing SEN / ALN 01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 5
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | ED4U006 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Leading and Managing SEN / ALN | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Life Sciences and Education | ||
| Faculty Group: | Professional Learning in Education | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Social Work | ||
| Module Leader: | Gareth Dart, Elsa Torres | ||
| Module Team: | |||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2016 | Final Year of Intake: | 2022 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 30 | Credit Level: | 7 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100462 - learning support | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 5 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2020 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2027 |
Module Aims
To develop the educational practitioners’ professional attributes and improve their knowledge, understanding, skills and capacity to fully include children and young people with SEN / ALN and raise their achievement.
To develop a critical response to relevant current national and international research and literature.
To provide educational practitioners with the opportunity to undertake systematic reflection on their values and their professional practice in order to improve the experience of children and young people with SEN / ALN.
To develop the skills to enable educational practitioners to use a range of relevant data, collected at individual, school and national levels to inform and improve their practice.
Content Summary
1) Leading and Managing SEN ALN
Identifying learning needs
Implementing support strategies
Target setting and IDP writing
Monitoring Progress
Managing the SEN /ALN Team
Evaluating Practice
2) Collaborative Working
Establishing effective communication systems
Person centred planning
Tools for listening to children and young people with SEN /ALN
Partnership working with families and external agencies
3) Transition planning for children and young people with SEN ALN
4) Managing dispute resolution and understanding the SEN Tribunal process.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 25 |
| Seminar | 5 |
| Tutorial | 1 |
| Independent Study | 200 |
| Directed Study | 69 |
| Total Hours Selected | 300 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | To critically analyse and evaluate theory, policy, processes and practice in relation to leading and managing ALN/SEN in order to generate new knowledge and understanding; |
| LO2 | To apply this learning to their ?professional context and/or their role as ALNCo / SENCo |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Self Reflective Assessment 1 | The Self Reflective Writing will consist of a personal record of the student's learning experiences in relation to each of the four content themes: It requires the students to record, in the form of a learning log, their reflections upon their reading, practical school-based observations along with conclusions and recommendations in relation to each of the four content themes. | 0 | 5000 | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Self Reflective Assessment 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |