Support Services

The role of Student Support Coordinator is to offer faith based support services and guidance to the school community.  Some of her roles may include, but are not limited to:

• Advocate for social, emotional, and spiritual growth.  
• Promotes leadership in the implementation of school discipline policies
• Works directly with administration, resource room specialists, and the school community
• Positive behavior intervention and support
• Individualized, leveled student supports including daily/weekly/biweekly check-ins, based on needs.
• Offer family and community resources where applicable

I wanted to become a teacher to teach students to read, especially those who struggle. I didn’t intend to be a Reading Resource teacher but I am so glad that my path led me here.
My main job is to support the development of reading in students. I plan, teach, and evaluate instruction for students having difficulty with reading. Most of my day consists of small-group intervention with students in Grades One through Five. I want to intervene in an interesting, joyful and effective way.

The children who I see may need more literacy support than can be provided by the classroom teacher. I design interventions tailored to each child’s needs. If you think about how a student succeeds in school, so much of it comes down to reading. If you don’t have those foundational skills and don’t enjoy them, you are going to be turned off from school at an early age. This is exactly why many schools may have a Reading Resource Teacher.

I recently read an article and it pretty much sums up my beliefs and role here at St. Paul. “I have always thought of learning as being an endless journey with many adventures along the way. There are back roads and side roads, peaks and valleys. Along the way you pick up the tools you need for the next part of your journey. It is like that when you teach reading, too. I try to provide as many tools as possible for their tool boxes.”

Mrs. Nuechterlein's resource room is designed to meet the needs of the individual child.  Students can work with fewer distractions, get more individualized attention, and learn material in ways different than in the large classroom setting.   

Here are some of the ways that students benefit from the resource room:

• Completion of tests or assignments missed due to absences
• Work in a setting with fewer distractions
• Assistance and support on a specific subject matter with which a student is struggling
• Remediation to teach the student skills that they are missing

Next Steps:
Please contact St. Paul Principal  Tina Forsythe if you have any questions.
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