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Located here are documents that portray the work that I have done in conjunction with all content areas to support students with their learning. There are various approaches Wyandotte has taken to help students learn material they did not understand the first time.

The Systems of Support document came from each content coming together to provide students with extra opportunities to learn. We realized that we needed to advertise our supports to students and parents. This flyer was posted all over the school as well as emailed to each teacher, student, and parent.



This intervention document was created by the Language Arts team based on data from formative assessments to provide students with extra support in the areas they needed so they could be successful on State Assessment. This is done two times a year. One three hour intervention in the Fall and a full day intervention in the Spring. The Academic Fitness Center(AFC) was created by the content area team as a way to provide a centralized location for systems of support. Each content area had a section of the cafeteria with adult and student tutors. Students were referred to the AFC by teachers with a list of areas they needed help with. Students would recieve tutoring on the areas they needed and were able to either enter the assessment room to take a test or they reported back to their teacher.

I was also part of the push to create an online curriculum for Language Arts. As an Instructional Coach team, we understand that some students need more time than just the regular school day to complete course requirments. We also recogniz the need to keep class sizes small and resist the temptation to reenroll students in courses they have failed. Therefore, the online curriculum was created. Each school had a cadre of students who enrolled in this class. Although the idea of an online class was the idea of the Instructional Coach team, its development and implementation was done by teachers. This was done to ensure that teachers still had a voice in the curriculum and that they felt a part of the work being done outside of their classroom.

It is important that we as a system create systems of support for our students. These supports need to be embedded during instructional time, the school day, and outside of school hours. These supports need to address the needs of our students. Our teachers must know the standards they are teaching well and break them down into their parts to truly understand the gaps that students may have in their learning. Professional development on standards based instruction is essential. Through this professional development, and the Five Step Process, we can begin to build in our supports daily into the classroom.