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Student Support Services

ISI Student Support Services (SSS) works with students and caretakers to identify and reach academic, social, and emotional goals through collaboration between students, their teachers, and families.

Lower School SUpport

To enable all students to actively and successfully participate in our school program, the Lower School offers a variety of support services. Individual support may be provided through differentiated classroom instruction and activities to meet the needs of each student. Differentiation allows students to access learning, extend and deepen understanding, and ultimately allow our students to develop skills and become successful, independent learners. This can be supported by the classroom teacher or a Learning Support teacher. At times, further student support may be provided to reinforce or develop skills and understandings. This can occur through targeted individual or small group instruction inside and outside the classroom with a Learning Support specialist. Students may qualify for services, teacher and parent recommendations, independent screenings, or internal assessments. ISI also works closely with Washington Township to support students.

As there are no language prerequisites for entering ISI, each classroom has a range of language experience and proficiency. With intentionally small class sizes, teachers can differentiate and build functional skills in the target language. Small group sessions may also be available to further the language acquisition process. 

The Lower School also has a full-time counselor on staff who supports all students. Mental health and well-being are key focus areas, and ISI takes a proactive approach to these topics. The counselor works closely with teachers and leads full class lessons on a weekly basis over a broad range of matters, including addressing issues that may arise within a school day. The counselor also works with individual and small groups of students to build social skills, resolve conflict, and develop healthy habits so that students can thrive in school. 

Additionally, further tutoring opportunities are available in different academic areas; please contact school leadership for details.
 

Upper School Support

Our SSS process is modeled on a research-based method of academic support commonly used throughout the United States. Through the multi-tiered process, ISI's team of educators use their cumulative expertise to help meet students’ unique needs - from their academic performance to their social interactions to their linguistic confidence and their health, well-being, and identity. The focus of SSS is to provide successful strategies and resources that directly support students' learning and achievement in the regular classroom environment from class to class and year to year. 

SSS is available to all ISI students and most commonly works with students in circumstances that include:

  • the need to build confidence or boost performance through general academic, social, and/or emotional support.
  • opportunities to enhance or provide additional academic challenge.
  • the desire to mitigate the impacts of medical or family circumstances that may affect academic achievement. 
  • addressing a learning or behavioral diagnosis that may affect classroom performance.

Students often reach out SSS directly, or they are referred by their families or ISI faculty.