Key Points

• The New Zealand Curriculum Framework and statements apply to all students.
• Planning the learning experiences of students with special education needs is part of the wider classroom planning routines.
• Planning, teaching and learning is a team activity.
• Team work is founded on respect for the opinions and choices of all members - parents, student, teacher and other specialists.
• The first step in effective planning is to identify and prioritise learning outcomes.
• Learning by students with special education needs will occur within the overall class programme.
• When teaching students with special education needs, fully utilise regular teaching strategies before considering alternative approaches.
• Student progress and success occur when there are effective partnerships between individuals, families, schools and other specialists.
• The years at school are the foundation for life in the wider community.

"The way to achieve success is first to have a definite, clear practical ideal - a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends - wisdom, money, materials and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end."

- Aristotle