The objective is to help raise the overall achievement of those students who are not achieving their potential, particularly in literacy and numeracy. In terms of time, this output group will form the greatest proportion of our advisory outputs. SSS will provide professional development and support for curriculum but with an emphasis on Health and Physical Education, The Arts and the Literacy and Numeracy strategies. Support for other essential learning areas and the ICT strategy will be maintained, but at a lower level of provision to meet local needs. Ideally schools should consider consulting their local iwi groups to ensure the support identified for M ori education matches the needs identified locally by those iwi groups.
Additional contracts are yet to be finalised.
Some, such as the Special Education 2000 contract and the NCEA contract will continue. Provision and or follow-up for current contracts such as Putaiao and Pangarau, the Health and PE contract and the Gifted and Talented contract will be available as School Support Services advisory outputs.