Student Support Staff
- Interventionists and Coaches
- Strategies Teachers
- Resource Teachers
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech
- School Social Worker
- Advanced Learners/Talent Development Program
- School Psychologist
- ACP School-Based Therapist
- English Learner
- Paraprofessionals
- Instructional Clerks & Building Tech Specialist
- Nurse
- Title 1
- Nutrition Services
- Custodial
- Connections Pre-K and ECSE
Interventionists and Coaches
Strategies Teachers
Inclusive learning environment
The strategies classrooms in our inclusive learning community, foster high levels of learning in order to support our work of helping students in reaching their full potential. We build communication, functional, social, emotional, and behavioral skills in addition to the core academics, differentiated for individual students.
Resource Teachers
Resource educators teach students who have been identified through the child study process and meet state criteria for one or more of the following categories:
- Specific Learning Disability (SLD);
- Other Health Disorder (OHD);
- Autism Spectrum (ASD);
- Developmental Cognitive Disability (DCD), or
- Emotional Behavioral Disability (EBD).
The Resource teachers are also consultants to both classroom teachers and parents. They are members of the Child Study team working with the District 196 staff evaluation team on initial evaluations. They work with students in small groups or in the general education classroom through a co-teaching model to provided systematic, direct instruction of academic or social thinking skills.
Paige Richmond
Occupational Therapy
Speech
Speech teachers provide services to students who have significant needs in the area of communication. Communication disorders encompass:
- Articulation Disorders: difficulty producing speech sounds
- Language Disorders: difficulty with understanding and expressing thoughts and ideas.
- Voice Disorders: having an inappropriate pitch/quality of voice
- Fluency Disorders or Stuttering: Inappropriate repetitions of sounds, words or phrases
School Social Worker
School social workers
The goal of the social work program is to partner directly with families, educators, students, and our communities to address and overcome barriers to academic achievement at the elementary level. Ultimately this partnership provides the necessary support and guidance that are essential to academic success and sound life decisions.
School social workers are licensed mental health professionals trained to provide support and interventions to children and families proactively and in times of emotional/mental health crisis.
They do this by providing individual, small group and family support. Sessions focus on:
- Improving social, emotional and academic functioning
- Positive reinforcement
- Behavior modification
- Specific skill development
- Building trusting connections with each student and their family
- Direct consultation and linkage to appropriate community resources for families
- Help children and their families meet basic needs and overcome barriers to education
Please note that social work settings are created around the ever-changing and unique needs of each school and may vary throughout the year and at each site. Please contact your child’s school social worker for more information.
Contact
Advanced Learners/Talent Development Program
Want to know more about the Advanced Learners/Talent Development Program?
Contact
Jenny Swenson
School Psychologist
School psychologists work with a team of people to help students succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. School psychologists are trained in both education and mental health to know how to identify and lower barriers to learning.
For more information about school psychology, visit the National Association of School Psychologists website.
Resources for families are also available through the National Association of School Psychologists.
ACP School-Based Therapist
English Learner
Paraprofessionals
Instructional Clerks & Building Tech Specialist
Nurse
Title 1
The School Wide Title l program is a federally funded program whose purpose is to improve achievement in the basic skills of reading and math, and help students succeed in the regular classroom. All Westview Title I teachers are certified teachers. Students in kindergarten through grade five are eligible for these programs. Student selection is based on reading, writing and math assessments, and teacher recommendations.
Students who qualify for these services receive additional instruction in reading or math. Some may receive help in both subjects. This service is either provided to a small group outside the classroom or to an individual student/small group in the regular classroom. Students do not miss special classes such as music, physical education, library, technology, or art. Students are re-evaluated throughout the year and may exit this service.
Families are an important part of the Title I program and their involvement with their child's education can be a key to their success.
Read our Westview Family Engagement Policy here.
Read the Title 1 Compact between families and Westview here
