Ulsan Office of Education Provides Customized Support for Students Lacking Basic Academic Skills

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education will form and operate school-specific support councils for students eligible for learning support starting this year to ensure students' basic academic skills.

The Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education has established the "2023 Ulsan Basic Academic Skills Guarantee Implementation Plan" containing these details and has informed schools.

This year, the Office of Education will expand the cooperative system for guaranteeing basic academic skills and strengthen multifaceted integrated diagnostic activities to provide more thorough support for the existing three-stage learning safety net.

Additionally, a support council for students eligible for learning support will be formed, consisting of principals (vice principals), learning support teachers, homeroom teachers, counselors, special education teachers, and health teachers. The selection of eligible students will be systematized, and customized programs will be provided for individual students.

In schools, during March, candidates for students eligible for learning support will be identified through the Ulsan Basic Academic Skills Diagnosis-Correction System and homeroom teachers' observations and interviews, diagnosing psychological, emotional, and learning competencies.

Subsequently, detailed assessments will be conducted to deeply diagnose and identify learning hindrance factors such as students' behavior and environment. After identification, the support council for students eligible for learning support will review and finalize the selection of students, followed by preparing in-school support plans.

If necessary during this process, referrals will be made to the Basic Academic Skills Support Center and the Comprehensive Learning Clinic Center for in-depth and professional diagnosis.

Students with severe learning deficits such as dyslexia or borderline intelligence will be linked with specialized support institutions for additional assessments and provided with customized programs.

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The three-stage multi-layered learning safety net within classrooms, schools, and outside schools will also be strengthened.

At the first stage, support for basic academic skills within the curriculum will be expanded. A focused grade system for early literacy growth will be operated targeting 1st and 2nd graders in elementary school, and the one-class two-teacher system, which supports cooperative instructors conducting collaborative classes with homeroom teachers, will be expanded.

At the second stage, comprehensive support for students eligible for learning support will be provided at elementary, middle, and high school Dream Schools. In addition to tailored support for causes of academic underperformance, plans will be made to prevent learning delays for all students and to discover and disseminate excellent cases of customized support at the school level.

At the third stage, comprehensive support outside of school will be strengthened. Specialized support institutions will be expanded, and cooperation with related departments and agencies will be enhanced to provide one-on-one customized support through in-depth and professional diagnosis.

Support plans and programs will be prepared according to causes such as learning factors, complex factors, and special factors, and individual progress will be continuously monitored.

Supplementary curriculum programs will continue to be supported to prevent educational deficits caused by COVID-19 from leading to failure in basic academic skills.

This year marks the first year of establishing the "Ulsan Basic Academic Skills Guarantee Implementation Plan." The Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education plans to review the performance of the basic academic skills guarantee project and continuously improve the mid- to long-term Ulsan-type basic academic skills guarantee policy direction by reflecting diverse opinions.

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