RTLB
RTLB are appointed by the lead kura school principal, tumuaki.
An RTLB must be a New Zealand fully-registered teacher, kaiako with a current practising certificate.
The position is a full-time role.
Role
The RTLB service and the Ministry’s Learning Support service work together with other services to provide seamless service provision to improve the education system’s support for and responsiveness to children and young people with learning support needs.
RTLB have an essential role to play supporting students with substantial barriers to learning, and building teacher and school inclusive practice capability.
RTLB Professional Practice Toolkit
Page on this site that details RTLB role, scope of practice, professional principles, practice sequence, and service outcomes
Responsibilities
RTLB are responsible for:
- providing the RTLB service in a cluster of schools in accordance with the RTLB Professional Practice Toolkit meeting the service priorities and expectations listed in the RTLB Funding Agreement
- maintaining casework records according to cluster protocols
- maintaining trusting, professional relationships within cluster Kāhui Ako, schools and with parents, whānau, communities, and community agencies.
Qualifications
RTLB must hold the required RTLB qualification - the Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching endorsed in Learning and Behaviour issued by the Massey University and University of Canterbury.
Alternatively, RTLB could hold one of the previous qualifications: the Post Graduate Diploma in Special Needs Resource Teaching (PG Dip SNRT); or the Post Graduate Certificate in Education Studies - both issued by the Auckland/Victoria/Waikato consortium of universities.
Unqualified RTLB appointees (including those who hold an historic exemption) must attain the Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching endorsed in Learning and Behaviour within 48 months of appointment to their first RTLB position.
Professional organisations
Many RTLB choose to belong to professional organisations. The cost of individual membership is at the discretion of the cluster.
RTLB require cluster manager approval for leave of absence to attend professional organisation meetings and conferences.
Content last updated: March 2018