How can a school gain more flexibility in employing teachers for UPLG?
• combining the April and September grants for intensive employment of a teacher in the second semester • pooling of money by school clusters to employ an additional teacher ^ Top of page 4. What is the benefit of the UPLG initiative to students and teachers? Year 6 and 7 teachers are provided with additional teaching time to support them in building skills in the literacy task management of identified students. All students benefit by more teacher time available to the class. ^ Top of page 5. Why are planning, writing, editing and proof-reading, the literacy aspects chosen for the UPLG focus? These aspects are included in the State Wide Tests of Aspects of Literacy. They also form the basis of written task management in secondary school. The UPLG initiative aims to give students repeated experience in these aspects through years 6 and 7 in order to develop increasing independence and skills in the task management process. ^ Top of page 6. What is the place of reading in the UPLG initi
