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Strategies to Identify and Assist Struggling Students by Allison Feeley…
Strategies to Identify and Assist Struggling Students by Allison Feeley
Monitor and Assess Students
Observe and Listen
Assess students' abilities early and in a variety of ways
Observe students at work individually and in small group settings
Provide a basic skills assessment as a screening measure
Communicate with parents, administrators, and students about existing issues
Note progress, or regression
Pay attention to student behavior like avoidance tactics, lack of concentration, frustration, etc.
Provide multiple methods for students to report difficulties
Try to maintain office hours when students can speak to their instructor one-on-one
Allow students who may be intimidated by in-person chats to send an email or use some other form of communication
Use Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom
Differentiation can allow students with different strengths and ability levels succeed
Process
Provide different methods of learning for different kinds of learners
Discover and note individual student preferences
Introduce concepts in multiple ways
provide video lectures, or other methods that allow students to review on their own
Use a multi-sensory approach to learning
Content
Provide avenues for students to pursue their own interests while maintaining state and national curriculum standards
Introduce students to concepts that may appeal to them personally and help them make real-life connections
Allow students to focus on the right level of mastery for them
Create tiered lessons that allow students to master information and concepts at the level that is appropriate for them
Start with information that is useful to everyone, and introduce new concepts as students show proficiency
Product
Create multiple ways for students to prove their understanding
Visual representation
Oral report
technology-based
written assessment
Different students will excel at different activities. More variety means more chances to shine
Use RTI to Determine if Special Education Services are Necessary
RTI means Response to Intervention
It is a three tiered system
Tier 1: Observe and teach the whole class together or in small groups
Tier 2: Assist struggling students in small groups with a different method of teaching that may help them reach Tier 1
Tier 3: Students struggling to progress in Tier 2 will begin to receive individualized instruction, sometimes in very small groups
Some students in Tier 3 will require special education evaluations and possibly IEPs
Struggling Tier 2 Students receive Tier 3 Support
If students struggle in Tier 1, go to Tier 2
References:
Morin, A. (n.d.). Understanding Response to Intervention. Retrieved from
https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/special-services/rti/understanding-response-to-intervention
South Dakota's Education Service Agencies. (2006). On Target: Strategies that Differentiate Instruction (J. Preszler, Ed.). Retrieved from
https://education.ky.gov/educational/diff/documents/strategiesthatdifferentiateinstruction4.12.pdf
(South Dakota's Education Service Agencies, 2006)
(Morin, n.d.)
