1. SRB Student Services:Guidance, Student Success and Special Education School Council Presentation Tuesday, September 13, 2011

2. The Role of Student Services • To provide support and counselling to students in the areas of academics, educational choices, career goals, and personal concerns • To act in a consultative and supportive role to parents and staff

3. Guidance: Educational Counselling • Course selection • Timetable issues • Pathway planning based on interests, abilities and goals • Post-secondary application process • Financial assistance (e.g., scholarship information and OSAP)

4. Educational Counselling (cont’d) • Online course registration • Night school and summer school registration • International students and exchange students

5. Guidance: Personal Counselling • Listen to personal concerns • Explore alternatives and/or solutions • Make referrals to the Learning Support Teacher, Student Success Teacher, or OCDSB Learning Support Services staff • Offer community resources when needed • Youth Services Bureau • Rideauwood Addictions Counselling

6. Guidance:Career Counselling • Explore career options with students • Assist in the research of post-secondary destinations (e.g., college, apprenticeship, and university) • Promote experiential learning opportunities • such as Co-operative Education, Focus Programs, Specialist High Skills Major, Dual Credits Program and Take our Kids to Work Day • Provide career planning presentations to grade 11 and 12 students

7. Co-operative Education • Students earn high school credits while gaining valuable work experience • Allows students to “test-drive” a career • 110 hours = one credit • Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) enables students to acquire on-the-job training in a skilled trade

8. Our Guidance Staff • 2.5 guidance counsellors for just over 900 students: • (based on student enrolment; subject to change **new distribution this week) • Edie Bonisteel (A-I) • Mary Anne Mayhew (J-O) • Mark Mullins (P-Z) • One half-time guidance secretary: • Norine Arbuthnot

9. NEW THIS YEAR! • SRB will have a Masters’ candidate in our guidance department • Masters’ in Educational Counselling • Will be here every Wednesday and Thursday • Will meet with every grade 9 student to introduce him/her to the guidance department • Any concerns raised will be shared with the appropriate guidance counsellor

10. The Referral Process • Referrals are made through our guidance counsellors and/or as part of our weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings • Parent/guardian consent is required for referrals to the psychologist, social worker, or other members of Learning Support Services • Except for in the case of counselling, where a student 12 years old and up can give consent • Interventions are short-term • May involve referrals to community based supports and services

11. OCDSB Professional Support • School Psychologist • School Social Worker • Itinerant Educational Assistant (IEA) • Learning Support Consultant (LSC) • School Resource Officer (SRO) • Spiritual Care Worker • Multi-cultural Liaison Officer (MLO) • Public Health Nurse

12. Student Success Program • Additional support for students who are at risk for academic failure • Proactive approach • Includes academic help at lunchtime, credit rescue and/or credit recovery • Credit rescue and credit recovery can only be accessed through our referral process

13. Special Education • Supports and services for students who have been assessed as having special learning needs • Individual Education Plans (IEPs) are developed annually for students who require ongoing support instructional, environmental and/or assessment accommodations • approximately 20% of our school population have IEPs

14. Special Education (con’t) • A student who is struggling academically, and not being successful through traditional means may be a suitable candidate for an educational assessment done by the Learning Support Teacher • SRB is one of three high schools that has a specialized program for students who have severe learning disabilities • Applications are made to a central committee

15. In Summary • Our goal is to support student learning and achievement