Leading and Managing SEN ALN

This module aims to:

• Develop your professional attributes to raise the achievement of children and young people with SEN/ALN by developing your knowledge, understanding, skills and capacity to fully include learners with SEN/ALN within their setting.
• Develop your critical response to relevant current national and international research and literature.
• Provide you with the opportunity to undertake systematic reflection on your values and professional practice in order to improve the experience of learners with SEN / ALN.
• Develop the skills to enable you to use a range of relevant data, collected at individual, school and national levels to inform and improve their practice.

The module is fully inclusive and is aimed at practitioners who work both in Mainstream and Special Schools.

Aspects of the new Additional Learning Needs and Educational (Tribunal) Act Wales 2018 including:

• Person Centred planning in practice
• Tracking and monitoring of learner progress
• Incorporating learner voice and rights of the child into an inclusive school culture
• Leading and managing staff in a classroom environment
• Effective SEN/ALN learning environments
• Developing a collaborative working culture with outside agencies
• Partnership working
• Developing Transition plans
• Developing Outreach services

The module is assessed in two parts:

1. Self-Reflective account, which will consist of a personal record of your learning experiences. This is the equivalent of 4,000 words.
2. A short 10-minute presentation based on your reflective account to share with your peers on the module.

On completion, this module provides 30 credits at level 7. You can use these credits towards a full MA award, including the MA SEN/ALN, MA SEN/ALN (Autism) or MA Leadership & Management (Education).

To register your interest or find out more about this course, please email [email protected].