Level I

	Educational Support Services
	LEVEL I - School Level Support Services When the classroom teacher has exhausted all possible instructional strategies; consulted with the principal, the student’s previous teachers, the school counselor, any other appropriate school staff, reviewed the child’s records and is still unsuccessful in addressing the educational, emotional, physical or social needs of that child, the following steps shall be taken: • The teacher will obtain a Request for Educational Support (RES) form from the school office. They are to describe the presenting problem(s) and return the completed form to their building principal. The educational support services available at this level may include corrective reading, speech/language (articulation only), counseling, basic skills (reading and/or math) and ESL. • The principal will review the request and direct it to the appropriate staff support member for input and will enter the student’s name into the RES Log. • If it is determined and approved by the principal that educational support service(s) should be initiated, the teacher will notify the parent(s)/guardian(s) to discuss the need for support and to notify them that a member of the school support staff will be contacting them. No testing will be conducted with the child prior to the parent being notified. • In all cases, should a teacher receive a private evaluation or report from a parent, the written reports must be shared with the principal, and through the principal, with the Child Study Team. If a parent/guardian does not wish to share the results with the school, the evaluation report cannot be acted upon or accepted. • If the appropriate support services recommended in Level I have been provided to the child and prove to be insufficient to remediate the child’s difficulty, a request for Level II intervention should be initiated by submitting an RES Form. Prior to initiating Level II intervention, the student’s teacher shall contact the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) and explain the reason(s) for initiating Level II intervention. • The completed RES form is to be maintained in the student’s RES file.

LEVEL I - School Level Support Services

When the classroom teacher has exhausted all possible instructional strategies; consulted with the principal, the student’s previous teachers, the school counselor, any other appropriate school staff, reviewed the child’s records and is still unsuccessful in addressing the educational, emotional, physical or social needs of that child, the following steps shall be taken:

• The teacher will obtain a Request for Educational Support (RES) form from the school office. They are to describe the presenting problem(s) and return the completed form to their building principal. The educational support services available at this level may include corrective reading, speech/language (articulation only), counseling, basic skills (reading and/or math) and ESL.

• The principal will review the request and direct it to the appropriate staff support member for input and will enter the student’s name into the RES Log.

• If it is determined and approved by the principal that educational support service(s) should be initiated, the teacher will notify the parent(s)/guardian(s) to discuss the need for support and to notify them that a member of the school support staff will be contacting them. No testing will be conducted with the child prior to the parent being notified.

• In all cases, should a teacher receive a private evaluation or report from a parent, the written reports must be shared with the principal, and through the principal, with the Child Study Team. If a parent/guardian does not wish to share the results with the school, the evaluation report cannot be acted upon or accepted.

• If the appropriate support services recommended in Level I have been provided to the child and prove to be insufficient to remediate the child’s difficulty, a request for Level II intervention should be initiated by submitting an RES Form. Prior to initiating Level II intervention, the student’s teacher shall contact the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) and explain the reason(s) for initiating Level II intervention.

• The completed RES form is to be maintained in the student’s RES file.