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See also...
A brief chronology of the Planner
1997-2000
- Developed at Riverside Primary to better plan, manage, and monitor the provision of support to students with particular needs.
- Data
included
- History
- Support Actions
- Needs ratings for all students in key areas
- Reports
for
- Classes,
- Support team meetings
- Class placements....
- Support Provider To-do lists
- A small number of Launceston schools began using the Planner
Ongoing development of the Support Planner: 2001-2010
More schools
and one support service adopt the use of the Planner: currently ~60 schools
in (northern) Tasmania and NSW
Ongoing collaborative development based largely on user needs, insights and suggestions. Improvements include
- Incidents & Resolutions
- Contacts
- Timetable
- Alerts
- Document Management
- Agreements
- Other Observations
- Student Goal
- Individual Support Plans
- Daily Monitoring
- Functional summary
- ...
and numerous reports (tools) for use with staff, students and parents
- Support Meeting agenda
- Individual Support Plan
- Parent Information
- Transition
- Incident Stats (various)
- Weekly Checklist
- ...
Related DoE actions
1998-2004
- Senior Officers aware of the Planner and support its use
2004
- DoE commits to development of Student Support Module
2005-06
- DoE Stakeholder consultations and development of a brief for SS Module
- Resulting brief 95% consistent with the Planner
- That is, the Planner is effectively a prototype for what schools are hoping for.
2006
- Student at the Centre reorganisation of the Department
- Redistribution of responsibilities resulted in SS Module being lost in the process
2008
- Student Support Module rediscovered
- Development reactivated by senior officers and then
- Stopped due to the Global Financial Crisis
2010
- New Laptops underline the technical limitations of the Planner in its current form.
- Minister announces choice and use of software is local school decision.
- Loss of knowledge between schools, and between schools and the system, remains a key issue
- Schools
respond seeking to have a system-wide device developed and deployed
