Planning Services
School Planning
Schools or districts that are interested in implementing system-wide change benefit from this service. Our processes assist you in creating a shared vision, developing a time-line, and establishing concrete action steps and accountability. On-going follow-up and monitoring assists you in executing, assessing and refining your plan. This service combines with Administrators’ Workshops for powerful systems change and implementation of new programs.
Person Centered Planning
PCP brings a group of people together to create a vision-based action plan for a particular student and their support team. Our services help teams of students, families, friends and school personnel to create a vision based on the gifts, strengths and talents of the student, solve specific academic, social, emotional, behavioral or support issues, create concrete action plans, and develop a procedure to implement action steps including systematic time lines and accountability.
PCP can help you work with a student who has specific or unusual needs, is moving from one grade or building to another, is working with a team that needs additional creativity and assistance, is functioning significantly differently than same aged peers, requires an intensive home-school partnership and/or is in the transition process from school to adulthood (14-21 years old).
After some initial information gathering and observation of the student, our facilitators conduct a 3 – hour process that starts with a vision and develops a concrete action plan broken down step-by-step, in the time frames that work for the student and the team. At the end you will have a color graphic plan as well as a document to utilize to guide you through your plan. If you choose, we return periodically to assist you to monitor and amend your plan.
“As a teacher for 15 years, I was pleasantly surprised to be taught such useful and cutting-edge techniques. I am refreshed and excited to implement the strategies and structures I have learned in this Co-teaching workshop.”
-Michaela Riviello, Middle School Teacher, Smithtown, NY
Program Evaluation for Individual Students
This service involves an in-depth analysis of the current program. The evaluation process consists of information gathering through observations, meetings and interviews. We provide a written report including findings and specific strategy recommendations.