RTLB

RTLB - Resource teacher of learning and behaviour

So on Monday Teena Vincent came into school and gave us a lovely talk about what RTLB's do in school.

They are there to support students from years 0 - 10 and their organisation can provide funds to schools to put programmes in place for years 11 - 13.

They are a collaborative service to work with parents, teachers and students. All RTLB's are fully qualified teachers who then do a further 2 years of training to become RTLB's. They are there to advocate for students. Schools will often need to change their ways of dealing with students to support them.

Referrals are made in at the beginning of terms and cases must be closed at the end of every year. Students can't be in the scheme for more than 3-4 terms as this would increase the wait times for others by too much. Students can however be re-referred at any point.

In my experience the changes I've made to my teaching have all been really good for all students and not just the one's that are being supported by the RTLB's.  I have learnt so much from these amazing teachers and feel that collaboratively working with them is always beneficial to students.