My style is highly visual and interactive. I have 25 per cent hearing and hear nothing at the lower and upper end, so I lip read because hearing aids don't work in a classroom environment. I am also responsible for information and communication technology provision.
Describe a typical day. It starts around 7.30am checking teaching plans and computers, communicating lesson plans to assistants. At 8.50am the doors open, I introduce the first lesson, get the children contributing.
There's also regular exercises outside including Brain Gym.
What other agencies, and who else within your own organisation, do you have to work with? As a year group we meet weekly to monitor and track children's progress. I meet the school's special needs co-ordinator and local authority speech and language service, educational psychologists and other outside agencies including I-Can.
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