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IN PERSON LEARNING: STUDENT INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT

Robust and rigorous core curricula are provided to all students, grades PreK-12. The instructional model reflects an understanding of students’ academic, social and emotional diversity, as well as their needs across various stages of development. The District is committed to identifying and intervening on behalf of students who require additional academic or social/emotional support, beyond what is provided by the core curriculum, regardless of where teaching and learning is taking place. District efforts for student intervention and support, referenced across the state as SRBI, provides an infrastructure for Darien’s three tiered approach to instruction and interven- tion. SRBI promotes early identification of students who may require additional support in the academic, social or emotional areas. Support is provided to students through evidence and research-based instruction, assessment and intervention. Through a specific process, additional targeted support is first provided by the classroom teacher and then, if needed, is also provided by a specialist, content area teacher or school psychologist. The current process and protocols that are in place for SRBI will continue across learning platforms. The protocols include: universal screenings and digital collection of student benchmark and curriculum based assessments, regular data team meetings to determine if students meet criteria for support, a tiered process of support that increases with intensity as determined by student data, and regular parent communication on student progress. As a result of school closure last spring, students in Tier 2 and Tier 3 with targeted instructional plans were provided with the same level of services and support that they received while in school. However, due to remote learning and our inability to complete benchmark assessments, we decided to keep all students in the support Tiers until we return to school in the fall. Therefore, as our students return to the tiered support system when the school year begins, specialists will provide in-person assessments that will be combined with data from the Spring of 2020. As teams meet, determinations will be made about students’ current needs for support. All information will be shared with families.

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