Elementary School Resource Teachers
Codes:
PC—Policy Compliance
ID—Indirect Service (Consultation and Collaborative Planning)
D— Direct Service to Students
SEP—Special Education Planning process and documentation
AUGUST
PC
ID
D
SEP
Convene SST and Resource Teachers’ meetings to review
roles/responsibilities, caseloads, TA management, schedules, fire evacuation
plans and urgent support for new or at-risk students, etc.
Complete or update Policy 704 documentation as required for individual
students in consultation with teachers
Prepare student information for teachers
Provide school tours or other transition activities for individual students as
needed such as transition to K and meet parents of new students to school
Begin SEP updates and revisions (classroom teachers, transfers, etc.)
Prepare or Revise TA placements/schedules, duties, responsibilities
Convene TA meetings to discuss needs etc. for students
SEPTEMBER
PC
ID
D
SEP
Practice special procedures (fire drills, evacuations, lock downs)
Review policies, guidelines, procedures. See Resource Teachers’ Handbook.
Check Resource Teachers’ Calendar for meetings, deadlines, etc.
Begin SST meetings date and time finalized
Contact with outside agencies—APSEA; Extra-Mural, MH is made
Resource Teacher timetable and TA timetables completed to submit to
District
Begin school based Student Services Team meetings
Chair and/or attend PST meetings and case conferences (ongoing)
Plan and prepare for direct services/programs for students
Begin direct support activities group/classroom/individuals
Meet with individual student’s teachers/teams to discuss accommodations,
modifications, or individualization strategies, materials, resources and other
support requirements
Prepare materials/resources for classroom teachers/TAs to use with
individual students
Finalize transfer of E-SEP to teachers
Begin meeting with parents to discuss SEP’s (ongoing)
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OCTOBER
PC
ID
D
SEP
Check Resource Calendar Teachers’ Calendar for meetings, deadlines, etc.
Revisit special procedures (fire drills, evacuations, lock downs)
Chair and/or attend PST meetings, school based Student Services Team
meetings and case conferences (ongoing)
Advise, collaborate and consult with teachers regarding students’
accommodated, modified or individualized plans, programs/services
(ongoing)
Begin assessments and other referrals (BIM, OT, SLP, etc.)
Individual and/or small group pullout (continue)
Co-teaching / in-class direct services (continue)
SEP meetings with teachers and others stakeholders to establish goals/plans
Continue work on SEPs
Deadline for old SEP’s by end of month
NOVEMBER
PC
ID
D
SEP
Check Resource Teachers’ Calendar for meetings, deadlines, etc.
Revisit special procedures (fire drills, evacuations, lock downs)
Support classroom teachers in Parent/Teacher meetings
Advise, collaborate and consult with teachers regarding students’
programs/services (ongoing)
Ensure SEP and other referral documents are in cum file
Ongoing provision of individual student and/or small group pullout
instructional blocks or co-teaching/assisting in classrooms
Complete student assessments (formal and informal) to assist with
formative/summative evaluations of progress or to determine student’s
strengths/needs and appropriate interventions
All SEPs and 1st term comments and snapshots completed
Ongoing communication with parents, as needed
Collaborate with teachers on report cards for SEP students
Deadline for new to school SEP’s by end of month
DECEMBER
PC
ID
D
SEP
Check Resource Teachers’ Calendar for meetings, deadlines, etc.
Chair and/or attend PST meetings, school based Student Services Team
meetings and case conferences (ongoing). Problem-solve for failing students
Advise, collaborate and consult with teachers regarding students’
programs/services (ongoing)
Ongoing provision of individual student and/or small group pullout
instruction or co-teaching/assisting in classrooms
Ongoing monitoring and support to teachers to assist with SEP
goals/outcomes
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JANUARY
PC
ID
D
SEP
Check Resource Teachers’ Calendar for meetings, deadlines, etc.
Revisit special procedures (fire drills, evacuations, lock downs) as part of
SST “big picture” item
Chair and/or attend PST meetings, school based Student Services Team
meetings and case conferences (ongoing)
Advise, collaborate and consult with teachers regarding students’
programs/services (ongoing)
Ongoing provision of individual student and/or small group pullout
instruction or co-teaching/assisting in classrooms
Ongoing monitoring and support to teachers to assist with SEP
goals/outcomes
FEBRUARY
PC
ID
D
SEP
Check Resource Calendar Teachers’ for meetings, deadlines, etc.
Prepare support/exemptions for Grade 8 Math Assessment
Chair and/or attend PST meetings, school based Student Services Team
meetings and case conferences (ongoing)
Advise, collaborate and consult with teachers regarding students’
programs/services (ongoing)
Ongoing provision of individual student and/or small group pullout
instruction or co-teaching/assisting in classrooms
Ongoing monitoring and support to teachers to assist with SEP
goals/outcomes
MARCH
PC
ID
D
SEP
Check Resource Teachers’ Calendar for meetings, deadlines, etc.
Chair and/or attend PST meetings, school based Student Services Team
meetings and case conferences (ongoing)
Advise, collaborate and consult with teachers regarding students’
programs/services (ongoing)
Ongoing provision of individual student and/or small group pullout
instruction or co-teaching/assisting in classrooms
Complete student assessments (formal and informal) to assist with
formative/summative evaluations of progress or to determine student’s
strengths/needs and appropriate interventions
Ongoing monitoring and support to teachers to assist with SEP
goals/outcomes
Complete SEP 2nd term comments/progress notes and snapshots
SEP progress reports due end of month
Assistive technology application deadline
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APRIL
PC
ID
D
SEP
Check Resource Teachers’ Calendar for meetings, deadlines, etc.
Transfer to Education meetings
Chair and/or attend PST meetings, school based Student Services Team
meetings and case conferences (ongoing).
Advise, collaborate and consult with teachers regarding students’
programs/services (ongoing)
Ongoing provision of individual student and/or small group pullout
instruction or co-teaching/assisting in classrooms
Forms completed for Provincial Assessments (accommodations,
exemptions).
Ongoing monitoring and support to teachers to assist with SEP
goals/outcomes.
MAY
PC
ID
D
SEP
Check Resource Teachers’ Calendar for meetings, deadlines, etc.
Prepare and meet with Feeder Schools and special needs students entering K
for transition planning.
Complete and submit special needs busing forms
Chair and/or attend PST meetings, school based Student Services Team
meetings and case conferences (ongoing)
Advise, collaborate and consult with teachers regarding students’
programs/services (ongoing)
Complete TA request forms and “delicate relationship” request to District
Special equipment request to District by month’s end
Ongoing provision of individual student and/or small group pullout
instruction or co-teaching/assisting in classrooms
Complete student assessments (formal and informal) to assist with
formative/summative evaluations of progress or to determine student’s
strengths/needs and appropriate interventions
Make adjustments and add comments/notes to SEPs as needed.
JUNE
PC
ID
D
SEP
Check Resource Teachers’ Calendar for meetings, deadlines, etc.
Complete transition meetings/planning with feeder schools
Meet with Student Services/Resource Teams to determine needs/placement
for upcoming school year. Update Policy 704 plans for smooth transfer..
Initiate contacts/relationship building or case conferencing with new
students and parents, if possible
Complete student assessments (formal and informal) to assist teachers with
yearend evaluations of students’ progress on SEP goals/outcomes
Support for Provincial Assessments (accommodations)
Collaborate with classroom/subject teachers to complete yearend SEP
evaluations. Attach copies to report cards
Attach Yearend evaluations to copies of SEP stored in Cumulative Records
Complete yearend snapshot of E-SEP and Exceptionalities Survey
E-transfer grade 5 SEP’s to Middle Schools and hand over Resource files
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