What 1: Students situation

Personal Situation

-Randell is a year 2 student and 4 years old, who was suffering from a chronic health condition called Asthma.

-The serious health condition of Randell has led to frequent absenteeism to school (Albani et al., 2020).

-Despite the poor health challenges, Randell also possesses strong literacy decoding skills with minimal encoding skills. In comparison to other students her age, Randell often struggles with encoding the writing and spelling of the words while studying.

-In addition, Randell has limited access to resources due to a lack of financial resources and adequate availability of health and education services.

-However, she aimed to become a manager in a local factory after completing year 12 because of her strong interest in the production and preservation of apples.

Family Background

-Randell lives with her single mother and four other siblings.

-Her mother works at a local canning factory as a night supervisor and is responsible for the night tasks.

-Two older brothers of Randell of ages 13 and 14, look after the morning care tasks at the same canning factory.

-Randells family tree does not have adequate capability to fulfil their basic needs and maintain high-quality living standards (Lee & Burke, 2018).

-Moreover, they cannot afford expensive medical treatment for the chronic disease of Randell.

-Randells family's economic stability can be impacted by her mother's working competence and ability because she is the family's sole income provider. This demonstrates the huge risks to Randells whole family and their livelihood.

Neighbourhood context:

- Randell's family lives in a rural area, and they rely on the local canning factory for the production and preservation of apples.

- The neighbourhood does not have special facilities and capacities for children struggling with decoding and encoding of literacy.

- t also does not have special healthcare clinics nearby that help Randell access medical treatment for asthma.

- The school in the neighbourhood provide support regarding Randells higher absenteeism and tries to provide additional support to improve the competence of literacy through their literacy support program.

- Despite of the inadequate surroundings of the neighbourhood, Randell has a dream of pursuing a career in management at the canning factory as a manager where her mother works.

- The neighbourhood community might inadequately able to contribute anything to the growth of Randell and support her to pursue their career in the future due to a lack of resource availability and structure (Schrner & Bittmann, 2023).

What 2: School circumstances

School facilities

- School Name: Dubbo West Public School

- Location: East Street Dubbo NSW, Australia

- Offers well-maintained classrooms and facilities to play outdoor sports and activities

- Complies with the governmental protocols and regulations in relevance to the education association in Australia.

- The school also provide adequate technology and tools to practice scientific experiments and innovate new illustrations.

- Provide transportation facilities to the students for an easy and convenient commute to the school.

- Offers financial assistance and contributions to students who face challenges in affording education and enrolling for classes (Dubbo West Public School, 2024).

- Hire and allocate diverse staff with expertise in different subjects and areas to provide various knowledge for students' career and skills development.

Projects, programmes, and co-curricular activities:

- The school ran a health awareness program and took the initiative to educate students about their physical and mental health to deal with adolescent growth (Dubbo West Public School, 2024).

- The school also focuses on providing parental education through offering them free counselling for families, creating parent and citizen associations, and guiding them on interpretation and translation (Dubbo West Public School, 2024).

- Also provide inclusive learning support through additional guidance for doing the homework and designing personalised learning and development plans for students.

Support to the students

- The school has adopted a differentiated teaching practices for providing personalised facilities and support ot the students and meet the needs of diverse students.

- The school provide support for asthma management to support the chronic health issues and also, focuses on providing medical support within the school.

- Ashtma management is crucial for Randell that is designed for emergency cases where the school is prepared to provide oxygen support and immediately shift Randell to the nearby hospitals and healthcare centres.

- Also, the school has tailored literacy interventions for improving the decoding and encoding skills of Randell by providing additional and special classes.

Limitations

- Randell lives in a rural area with very limited access to nearby specialised health centres and a transportation hub.

- Inadequate access to resources such as healthcare treatment, medical counselling, and distance education to Randell which affects her attendance and participation regularly (Jalil et al., 2022).

- Lower wages to Randells mother are insufficiently capable of fulfilling the needs of Randell and her other siblings, which makes the health condition of Randell worse (Jalil et al., 2022).

So what: A comparison of differentiations advantages and disadvantages

Introduction of terms and theories

Differentiation in terms of teaching explains providing education to students through different strategies and methods to meet their needs (Sulistianingrum et al., 2023). It aims to fulfill the diverse needs of the learners according to their capabilities and competence. For instance, braille language education is provided to blind and specially disabled learners.

Tomlinsons differentiated instruction model has been utilised in this context to fulfil the diverse needs of students like Randell. The model focuses on modifying the teaching strategies and methods based on four classroom elements such as content, process, product, and learning environment (Godor, 2021). Content defines what the teachers are going to teach to the students, whereas process explains how the teachers will teach Randell so that she can encode and decode the information easily compared to other students (Godor, 2021). The product depicts how the students will demonstrate learning and how they react to the learning contents. In contrast, the learning environment defines the physical and emotional context of students like Randell in which she is learning the subjects.

Comparison between advantages and disadvantages of differentiation teaching

SMART Goal

Specific: To improve Randell's encoding skills by 50% by correcting spelling errors due to writing and reading.

Measurable: To remember the spelling of 30 new words correctly each week to improve encoding skills by 50%.

Achievable: Randell will practice reading and writing new words using spelling check apps and games based on the same.

Relevant: Randells efforts to improve spelling errors will align with the goal of improving literacy skills and future aspirations for becoming a manager.

Time-bound: To improve the literacy goals of Randell spelling will be practiced daily for the next 6 months.

Now What: Statement of recommendations for the future

Based on the above analysis, I in the role of co-ordinator ensure that schools differentiation strategies should be designed in such a way that support Randells specific needs while fostering her cognitive development. In liaison to the community agencies, teachers, service providers and others, the following factual statements are framed to align with the capacity of the school for implementing differentiation in the future.

Endorsing the school's capacity for differentiation

The school has the capability of providing differentiated teaching facilities to the students as per the diverse needs of the students. The schools inclusive policies and regulations reflect on fulfilling their commitments towards the students and their development. This policy focuses on providing personalised education to the students while focusing on and assessing students with different profiles. For instance, Dubbo West Public School implements individualised education plans for specialised students like Randell to cater for their health-related issues and develop their careers as well.

In addition, the school's literacy support program helps Randell cope with the challenges of encoding and decoding studies. The instructions for asthma management can enhance the school's capacity and attract more students with Randell's health and education requirements. They can also improve Randell's living standards and make her routine more disciplined and civilised.

Specific details and programs

The schools collaborations with healthcare professionals and clinics can help Randell deal with critical situations such as asthma attacks. The school can participate in the National Asthma Management Program and educate their teachers on dealing with asthma attack situations in the classroom (Meghdadpour & Lugogo, 2018). In addition, the school need to use educational technology, including LiteracyPlanet to improve the literacy skills of the students, especially students with certain health and cognitive problems like Randell. Further, the NSW Rural Schools Program provides funding to ensure that rural schools like ours have access to professional development and educational resources tailored to their communitys specific needs (Burke & Buchanan, 2022). This program strengthens the schools capacity to offer differentiated support despite geographical challenges.

3 Community-Minded Projects incorporating SMART Goals

To further enhance Randells educational experience, the following community-minded and holistic projects will be implemented:

Project 1: Apple Production and Literacy Integration Program

SMART Goal: To participate in a weekly literacy project focused on apple production, improving his encoding skills by 60% by writing step-by-step guides on the process.
The project aligns with the approach of continous improvement where the Randell will be improving her literacy skills day by day on regular practising of spelling.

Project 2: Peer Tutoring for Literacy Development

SMART Goal: To improve her encoding accuracy by 15% through weekly peer-tutoring sessions in literacy over a 10-week period.
Peer-tutoring builds social-emotional learning, which is aligned with Eriksons theory that peer relationships help foster confidence and trust in learning (Bera, 2021).

Project 3: Asthma Awareness and Outdoor Learning Project

SMART Goal: Randell will participate in an asthma-friendly outdoor program, completing physical activities without health-related interruptions for 6 weeks.
This project will combine physical activities with science lessons on respiratory health, aligning with Piagets constructivist theory and emphasizing learning through hands-on experiences (Nandi & Das, 2023).

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