S-Team Refresher Session

S-Team Refresher Session

Educator(s): Snowden School Counselors ( Funderburk, Hamilton, Scruggs & Vernon)

Session Title: S- Team Refresher Session

Target Group: Entire School Faculty

Date: Monday, January 7, 2013

Standard: (#2 ) Delivery of Services for Individual Planning, Guidance Curriculum and Responsive Counseling

Participants:

What is the overall goal(s)/objective(s) of this session?

To refresh the faculty on the S-Team process for determining eligibility for Special Education Services.
To help teachers to develop a moreclearunderstanding of this process including identifying everyone’s role in order to effectively carry it out.

What are the specific objectives to today’s session?

To review with teachers the importance of meeting with parents to discuss and document academic and/or behavioral concerns.
To reiterate the importance of documenting classroom interventions in addition to Progress Monitoring.
To review the appropriate electronic resources for completing the documents. ( Ed Plan)
To reiterate that vision and hearing screening must show passed within one calendar year.
To review allowable progress monitoring documents.
To review roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in this process ( who does what).

What previous strategies have occurred?

Teachers have had opportunities to work with the counselors and Special Education teachers independently to facilitate this process.
The counselors have provided feedback independently and collectively during weekly team meetings.

Briefly Summarize the Session.

The setting for this session will be during faculty meeting ( Jan. 7th)
As teachers are signing in for the faculty meeting, theywill be provided with a ticket.
The counselor(s) will state the main objective for the session. The main objective is to refresh the faculty on the S-Team process for determining eligibility for Special Education Services.
The faculty will participate in a motivational activity centered around information on the S-Team process. They will have an opportunity to win prizes.
The counselor(s) will present the steps for completing the S-Team process via powerpoint.

Guided Practice

The faculty will follow along with the S-Team powerpointas counselorsand Ms. Archer explain the process of completing the S-Team process. ( Ms. Archer plays an integral role in this process, therefore, we thought it would be befitting for her to have an opportunity to elaborate).

Independent Practice:

Allow teachers to reflect on this process as they have participated in various aspects of it.
Question and Answer session to clarify any concerns.

Materials/Media:

Closure:

Enrichment:

The S-Team Process Powerpoint will be place to the School Website under Teacher Resources. (get assistance from Ms. Raines)