Student Support Services

Support Services at Graded are designed to meet students’ diverse learning needs by fostering their social-emotional growth, supporting academic development, and promoting English language acquisition, ensuring every learner can thrive in our inclusive community. Student Support Services —which includes SEL Counseling, ELL, Intervention, and OLS works collaboratively with teachers, families, and leadership to ensure that all students are provided with the tools, strategies, and services necessary for success. Graded uses a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework to organize student support across three tiers of support.

Tier 1: Universal Supports available to all students
All students benefit from high-quality, inclusive classroom instruction. Teachers implement strategies and collaborate with specialists on ensuring access to core instruction.

Tier 2: Targeted Supports for some students requiring additional assistance
Students requiring additional help may participate in small group interventions or receive targeted support from our specialists through short term pull-out sessions.

Tier 3: Intensive Supports involves intensive individualized support
Students with more complex or ongoing needs receive intensive support coordinated from a Graded Specialist.

School Counseling

The Graded Counseling Program is an integral part of all student experiences, providing proactive and responsive services to meet the personal, social, and emotional needs of the Graded community. Through collaboration with all relevant education professionals and coordination of programs, we ensure that comprehensive services are available to all students. We value a student-centered approach that empowers students to reach their full potential in an ever-changing society.

English Language Learners (ELL) Program

The Graded ELL program values linguistic diversity to ensure belonging for all. We empower and celebrate multilingual individuals to learn and develop language to access the curriculum and reach their potential. Language instruction in this program supports access to core curricular content while honoring diverse backgrounds. The program is designed to foster the acquisition of social and academic language, and assist students in acquiring the cognitive and academic proficiency necessary for success in the mainstream curricular program of the school. Using a combination of the WIDA Framework, student coursework, and teacher input, students’ linguistic needs are assessed to determine which services will be provided, or if exiting requirements are met. In Lower School students receive support through in-class support and pull out support. In-class support means the ELL teacher will collaborate with the classroom teacher to make sure instruction is accessible to the language learners in their homeroom. The ELL teacher may co-teach with the classroom teacher in a whole group, small groups. Pull-out support refers to students working in a small group separate from the homeroom. . In the middle and high schools students receive support through in-class support and/or an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) class. In-class support means the ELL teacher will collaborate with the subject area teacher to make sure instruction is accessible to the language learners in their classes. The ELL teacher may co-teach with the subject teacher in a whole group, small groups or provide individualized support to help the student work towards their language goals in alignment with the content of the classroom.

Optimal Learning Services (OLS)

The Optimal Learning Services (OLS) program promotes access to learning to foster student success. We value neurodiversity and belonging for all. Students who are deemed eligible for OLS receive support in the following ways: Direct service for students who have a Student Support Plan with specific goals, accommodations or modifications. This service may be in-class support or an academic support class which supports students with learning differences by providing intervention, remediation, and academic support towards the mastery of grade-level standards or individualized goals. OLS teachers collaborate with students, parents, and teachers to maximize the student’s strengths and address specific areas of challenge. Consultation through a documented Accommodation Plan. Students receive accommodations for their identified areas of challenges, the classroom teacher provides the majority of the accommodations. Monitoring of a student who has received support in the past or has a relevant diagnosis but does not currently require services.

Health Services

The school aims to provide an environment conducive to the promotion and maintenance of good health. Full-time nurses are available, and care is provided for students who become ill, are injured, or need treatment and/or medications during the school day. The school nurses also serve as a resource for health-related issues for students, families, and the classroom.

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In This Section

Student Support Services

School Counseling

English Language Learners (ELL) Program

Optimal Learning Services (OLS)

Health Services

Lower School Support Services