Instructional Support At March Elementary School
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Instructional
Support Team
OUR MISSION:… is
to maximize students’ success in the regular classroom
by providing them with help in the areas of schoolwork, behavior
or life skills.
OUR BELIEF:…is that
all children can learn under the right conditions.
THE IST PROCESS IS CLASSROOM-BASED:
It begins when the child’s teacher or parent requests the assistance
of the team in solving an academic, behavioral or life skills problem. In
the first phase, the Instructional Support Teacher works with the child
in the classroom to assess academic skills, behavioral and affective
needs. During this period the child’s teacher and the support
teacher work together to clarify the problem, set a realistic goal
and develop ideas of what will work best for the child. The team
then works together in improving interventions which are used in the
classroom for thirty school days. At the end of this period,
the IST decides which strategies to continue in the classroom to ensure
student success.
IST looks at the whole child. Parents
and teachers work together to create conditions where the child
can learn to succeed on his or her own.
Who are the members of March
Elementary School’s IST ?
- the child's parents
- the child's classroom
teacher
- Marla Kinney, Instructional
Support Teacher
- Lisa Curry, Guidance Counselor
- Judith Steinberg, Principal
- Cherryl Emery, School
Psychologist
- Other teachers or specialists who may contribute to the
process
For additional
information:
contact the Instructional Support Team
at March Elementary School
Telephone: 610-250-2531
E-mail: Instructional Support Team,
March School
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March
After School Help: MASH
At March School we have a special after school
tutoring program called MASH.
MASH stands for March After School Help.
Children in the MASH Program receive one-on-one
tutoring every Wednesday from 3:30-4:15 in the school library. Each
week your child will work with the same volunteer tutor on
extra help topics assigned by the classroom teacher. Teachers
and specialists are always on-hand to offer help and guidance
to volunteers.
Children in the MASH Program enjoy getting to
know their tutor as they work week after week. We have
a snack of juice and cookies while we work.
If you are interested in participating in the
program as a volunteer, or in accessing tutoring help for a
child, call the school at 610-250-2531.
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America
Reads Program
American students are competitive on international
comparisons when it comes to literacy, but too many young
people are struggling through school because they have not
mastered essential and basic reading skills. Research demonstrates
that if students cannot read well by the end of third grade,
their chances for success are significantly diminished, and
they have a greater likelihood of dropping out or engaging
in escalating delinquent behaviors. In 1994, 40 percent of
America's fourth graders failed to attain the basic level
of reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
In response, the President announced the Administration's
commitment to mobilizing public and private resources to
help all our children to read well.
The America Reads Challenge asks every American
to identify what role he or she can play --professionally and
personally -- to help all of our children to read independently
and well by the end of third grade. While remaining sensitive
to the unique learning needs of each child, we must work hard
to instill in each of them, and in ourselves, high expectations
for their reading skills.
Study after study finds that sustained individualized
attention and tutoring after school and over the summer, when
combined with parental involvement and quality school instruction,
can raise reading levels. Teachers, principals, and librarians
play a key role by strengthening reading in school and extending
learning through after-school, summer, and weekend programs.
Parents and other concerned individuals in local communities,
including the private sector, are equally valuable as tutors,
mentors and reading partners. Engaging parents, educators,
and the broader
public to address this reading challenge together is the first step.
The America Reads program is made
available through a collaboration with Lafayette College.
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