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The establishment of the ''Special Assistance Program'' in Victorian Primary Schools was the most significant development in remedial education in Australia. It was a Hamer Liberal Government initiated strategic plan designed to address falling literacy and numeracy standards. The totally new component of the ''Special Assistance Program'' was the provision of 1000 ''Special Assistance Resource Teachers'' (SARTs) for the delivery of services to children with learning needs. These designated teachers were also given an on-site school responsibility for facilitating a productive relationship between parents and pupils and teachers. The program involved the training of these primary teachers as SARTs and their placement in schools. Their role was the early detection and remediation of children at risk of illiteracy and innumeracy. The position was the focus of this substantial change in the delivery of special educational services to children at risk of illiteracy and innumeracy. The role incorporated all the elements of services previously performed by external consultants visiting schools. () ==The Special Assistance Program== The development and implementation of the ''Special Assistance Program'' in Victorian Primary Schools during the period 1979 - 1982 constituted the most significant innovation in the provision of special education services to children experiencing learning difficulties and in addressing declining literacy and numeracy standards. Up until the political directive to initiate this program was given, there had been no policy within the ''Department of Education and Early Childhood Development''() (previously ''Education Department of Victoria'') directing Principals of Primary Schools to develop special programs for pupils at risk of illiteracy and innumeracy.〔Newton, H. F. (1982) ''The Development of the Role of Special Assistance Resource Teacher in Primary Schools: the Utilisation of a Needs Assessment Technique to Identify and Assess the Requirements of Personnel in the Implementation of the Special Assistance Program in Schools'' Monash University, M.Ed Minor thesis. p.xiii〕 In July 1979, the Assistant Minister of Education the Hon. Norman Lacy established a ''Ministerial Committee on Special Assistance Programs''.〔Lacy, The Hon. Norman MP, Minister of Educational Services (9 September 1981) ''The Special Assistance Program - A Ministerial Statement on New Directions in Literacy and Numeracy'', Legislative Assembly, Parliament of Victoria〕 The committee consisted of people drawn from school staffs, special education facilities, teacher training institutions and the Education Department administration. The committee's report was the basis upon which the ''Special Assistance Program'' was established.() The major components recommended for the program were: :# the designation of a ''Special Assistance Resource Teacher'' (SART) at 877 Primary Schools throughout Victoria (full-time at 575 schools with more than 300 pupils; and half-time at 302 schools with between 150 and 300 pupils) :# the development of 20 day ''Special Assistance In-Service Training Course" to be delivered to designated SARTs without formal training in Special Education at four teacher training colleges :# the re-organisation of the existing special education support services into 50 state wide ''Special Assistance Support Centres'' to be accessed by each primary school through its SART. The process for the establishment of the ''Special Assistance Program'' in Victorian Primary Schools〔Letters to the Editor, (10 July 1980) ''The Age Newspaper'', Melbourne〕 was outlined in a speech made by Mr Lacy to SARTs at a seminar on 15 December 1980.()〔Lacy, The Hon. Norman MP, Assistant Minister of Education (15 December 1980), ''The Special Assistance Program'' - a speech at the Opening of the Seminar of Special Assistance Resource Teachers at the Hawthorn State College〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Special Assistance Resource Teacher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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