Lisgar C. I. Student Support Team

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Lisgar C. I.Student Support Team

• Sarah Storey (Learning Support Teacher)
• Susanna Donato (Learning Support Teacher)
• Joanne Anas (Student Success Teacher)
• Shawna Adams (Educational Assistant)
• Richard Mathers (Educational Assistant)
• Alison Green (Guidance Counsellor)
• Anne McKillop-Ostrom (Vice Principal)

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Learning Support Teachers (LSTs) Role

• To identify students who have been formally
  identified and to provide them with the support
  they need to be successful.
• To develop Individual Education Plans.
• To provide teaching staff the information they
  need to provide identified students the support
  they require in their classrooms.

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Learning Support Teachers (LST) Role cont

• To promote communication amongst teachers,
  administration and parents to ensure that the
  needs of their child are being met.
• To communicate on a weekly basis as a team to
  discuss any necessary changes to the needs of the
  students.
• To provide one-to-one or small group support in
  the Student Support Room and regular classrooms.

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LSTs Role contd

• To meet weekly for case conferences (members
  guidance/social worker/psychologists/ behaviour
  support consultant/LSTs and VPs) to discuss
  students for a variety of concerns (academic
  weakness/ dramatic changes in behaviour/ etc.)
  and to ensure they are receiving the necessary
  support.
• To provide regular monitoring of identified
  students from our divided alpha-list.
  (Storey A-N, Donato O-Z).

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Student Success Teachers Role

• To identify students who have been deemed at-risk
  of failure.
• To provide the teaching staff the information
  necessary to support these students in the
  classroom.
• To provide one-to-one or small group support in
  the Student Support Room.
• To promote communication amongst teachers,
  administration and parents to ensure that the
  needs of the student are being met.

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Educational Assistants (EAs) Role

• To support students in large classes who are
  identified with a Learning Disability (LD) and/or
  At-Risk of failure.
• To support students with special circumstances
  during transitions through schedule and routine
  changes in order to reduce stress.
• To provide one-to-one assistance during
  testing/verbatim scribing/note-taking.

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EAs Role cont

• Currently the EAs are working with approximately
  47 At-Risk students and 50 Identified (IPRCd)
  students on a daily basis.
• The daily numbers of students being supported at
  times fluctuates, resulting in daily student
  support changes.

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I.E.P.s

• An Individual Education Plan is for students who
  have been identified with an exceptionality(ies)
  Gifted, Learning Disabled, Autism.
• The plan describes the students exceptionality
  and provides specific support for that individual
  in the classroom.
• The IEP is a living document, which is updated
  regularly.
• This year, the IEPs were mailed out October
  17th, 2007

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I.P.R.Cs

• The Identification, Placement, and Review
  Committee process, is an annual meeting, to
  identify a student as exceptional, to discuss
  their progress and concerns.
• The Initial IPRC meetings for new students were
  held on November 29th and 30th , 2007. The
  annual meeting will be held in the Spring.
• Lisgar has 409 identified students.
• 326 students are Gifted, 23 students are
  Gifted-Learning Disabled, and 50 students are
  identified as having a Learning Disability.

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Room 203 The Student Support Room

• The student support room is a welcoming,
  friendly, safe and comfortable environment for
  all students where they can receive
• Credit Recovery Opportunities
• Student Support one-to-one assistance
• Non-credit Resource and Learning Strategies
  support during the day.
• Accommodations alternative setting/computer
  use/ extra time/ verbatim scribe.
• Additional assistance outside of class time.

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Other Support Opportunities in Room 203

• Before School 8am -850 am (approx. 4-10
  students) (Sarah Storey)
• Lunch Time 1125am-1225pm (approx.
  10-20students) (Sarah Storey/ Susanna
  Donato/Joanne Anas/ Dori-Anne Leafloor)
• After School Homework/ Study Skills Club
  3pm-330pm (approx 2-5 students) (Susanna
  Donato/Dori-Anne Leafloor).

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Groups and Clubs

• Guys Social Club to initially support highly
  intellectual teenage boys who have Aspergers- to
  strengthen their social skills and to make new
  friends.
• Homework/Study Skills Club held after school and
  on Fri. lunch under the direction of D. Leafloor
  and S. Donato.
• To focus on using the Agenda, organizing
  homework, notebooks and school bag.

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Student Support Team

• Always there for the Student
• Sarah Storey
• Susanna Donato
• Joanne Anas
• Shawna Adams
• Richard Mathers
• Alison Green
• Anne McKillop-Ostrom

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