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Identifying and Helping Struggling Students Gabrielle Mesa (How to…
Identifying and Helping Struggling Students
Gabrielle Mesa
How to help struggling students
At home
Communicate with parents on a weekly basis through phone or email
Write comments or concerns on communication notebook. Parent must sign to show they have read it.
Support and encourage parents to be involved with the student's assignments.
At school
If student still struggles, teacher will speak to the Consulting Resource Teacher (CRT) and Administration about the concerns with the struggling student.
CRT and Administration will set up a meeting with the student's teachers and parents.
After the meeting, CRT and administration will decide whether student will be placed into special education classes.
Teacher will monitor the student's progress and utilize all interventions.
If student is a diagnosed with a disability, focus on personalized learning lesson plans.
Give extra time to complete assignments.
Find out what the student is interested in and attempt to use that to that student's learning potential.
Use different approaches to learning such as visual, aural, verbal, physical, etc.
Give simple instructions for tasks and assignments in class.
Incorporate technology into lessons.
How to identify struggling students
Behavior Problems
Student shows lack of confidence during class discussion.
Student always has a negative attitude during group work and individual work.
Student constantly disrupts the class.
Student shows a consistent pattern of melt downs in classes.
Student skips class or wants to leave class early.
Student uses phrases like, “School is dumb,” or “I don’t want to go to school.”
Academic Problems
Student's pre and post tests are dramatically low and are below grade level.
Student shows passive acceptance of D's and F's on assignments.
Student takes longer than the other students to read.
Most of the time, the student is lost or confused during class time.
