Data is extracted from the information provided through the access request process. The allocation shown on the 2021 SBAR is the 2020 allocation, and will be updated to the 2021 allocation in the 2021 SBAR Adjustments.

Schools expend the total allocation in the year received or return any unused allocation in excess of $100 to IFS.

The allocation is for teacher or school learning support officer salaries only – with a minimum period of employment of an unbroken two hours for school learning support officers (SLSOs).

The allocation should be used to support eligible students by:

• engaging additional teachers and SLSOs to assist with personalised learning and support for students in their classrooms
• providing relief for classroom teachers to undertake professional learning and to plan adjustments with parents, carers and other school staff
• additional teacher time to provide adjustments
• additional school learning support officer time to provide adjustments.

Examples of the effective use of the allocation include:

• liaising with an expert teacher who has skills and experience with a specific disability type
• providing release for professional learning regarding a specific disability
• liaising with a therapist to implement recommendations
• mentoring a class teacher by team teaching with a visiting teacher from a support class or a local school for specific purposes
  
• providing adjustments for student learning, developed by the class teacher and implemented with the assistance of a school learning support officer
• providing adjustments for student participation, including those developed by the teacher in collaboration with medical and psychology professionals and implemented with the assistance of a school learning support officer.