Orange East Public School is supporting approximately 120 students through the COVID intensive learning support program (COVID ILSP).

Small group tuition is delivered during school hours either within or outside the classroom, depending on student needs with the school focusing on both literacy and numeracy.

To identify students for the program, the school holds stage-based data meetings (once per term) where students are considered for inclusion in the program.

The Instructional Leader, Assistant Principal, and Learning and Support Team designed a tuition program to meet the needs of the students with the school initiating a “Consult” stage which involves discussion with classroom teachers to select relevant literacy and numeracy learning programs.

Educators delivering small group tuition keep a learning support plan where they summarise pre-and post-test findings for each student, outline their teaching strategies for small group tuition, and suggest next steps for each student.