Student Support Services

We have a diversity of learners, learning styles, and academic achievement at Black Pine Circle School. We strive for students to grow, every day, through our focus on differentiated instruction as well as student support services for those who have needs in remediation, acceleration, or social and emotional support. Guided by the philosophy of zones of proximal development, student support services use strategies and interventions to meet students where they are and give them what they need to thrive. Additionally, our faculty and staff guide students forward in all areas of learning as they work towards subject mastery and personal growth.

Our on-site student support services team includes counselors and learning specialists who partner with families, as needed, to help children work through challenges that may impact social and academic potential. The team also consults with our teachers to help students who are moving through the curriculum and need additional scaffolding in order to keep them in their zone of proximal development.

Learning is an ever-changing process.

Much like their physical growth, our students progress at different rates, sometimes slowly and sometimes by leaps and bounds.

Students with learning differences have strengths and talents that we seek to nurture. Our student support services team works with students, teachers, and families to address a student’s individual learning and social and emotional needs in the following ways:

Observation and basic screening of all lower school students at least twice each year.
Consultation and case management, working with teachers, families, outside specialists, monitoring progress and working in concert to support each child.
Direct services with students in small groups and one-on-one sessions during the school day
Referrals to outside services such as educational therapists, tutors, and other specialists as needed.
Drafting student support plans to ensure that students who need additional strategies and accommodations in the classroom are receiving this differentiation.

Student Support Services Team