At Rutherford Public School, our core business is to provide high quality uninterrupted learning environments, ensuring all students are engaged and learning. Whilst we value the therapy/services provided through external provider sessions (including NDIS), sessions are to be held outside of school hours unless there are specific circumstances. If approved, external provider access currently occurs between 1:00pm - 3:00pm only. Other factors to consider are:
- Session times and days are negotiated with the class teacher, only once approval has been granted and all required provider documentation has been received. Documentation must be provided annually.
- Sessions must occur within "line of sight" of the class teacher.
- The provider must provide the class teacher with a therapy update form within 2 weeks of each session.
Parent request forms can be located on the School Bytes Parent Portal and must be approved by the principal's nominated representative. Families will be notified when the request has been approved or declined. A new request must be submitted each year for approval.
Following approval, the external provider must meet all documentation and induction requrements which are listed in the checklist for external providers engaged by parents or carers.
All external providers must enter into an External Provider Engagement Agreement with the school. An editable service schedule is also available. There must be one agreement per provider and one service schedule per child, per provider.
Session times are negotiated between the external provider, the class teachers and the parents. All services must cease by Week 7 Term 4 each year.
To contact the school regarding external providers in Rutherford Public School, please email rutherford-p-external-providers@det.nsw.edu.au