Creating Student Supports

This project will provide you with the opportunity to begin to think like an inclusive educator in
a supported context. This project asks you to address your emerging inclusive philosophies and
how you might apply inclusive best practices when teaching diverse students. Once in the field,
you will identify one (or more) students that might benefit from inclusive support in some
capacity (e.g. academic support, social support, behavioral support) in order to succeed in
school.

You will gather information about the student through observation, informal interactions with
the student, and conversations with your mentor. To protect the confidentiality of the student
you must create a pseudonym for them when writing about them in this assignment.

Over the course of the semester, you will work to (1) develop a positive student profile for the
student (2) recommend supports and strategies to help the student succeed in the classroom
and beyond and (3) set 2 - 4 goals for the student aligned with the profile and supports.

Your profile and support should be detailed, holistic, and comprehensive. Observations must be
well-supported by detailed description of specific events, conversations, etc. and support
recommendations / teaching strategies must be directly connected to the positive student
profile. The profile, goals, and student supports must be respectful in tone of both students and
teachers, clearly organized, and professionally written.

You will receive feedback from me and practicum peers and have the opportunity to revise
using feedback before turning it in for a score.

I am available to assist you throughout the project to problem solve and ensure successful
completion of the project.

Part 1: Positive Student Profile

Student (Pseudonym) : Guitar
Strengths, Preferences, Talents, Intelligences
- Really enjoys playing the guitar.
- Loves music and creating things.
- Enjoys talking about the things they are passionate about.
Subject Specific Performance (include diverse subjects)
- Does not enjoy reading and will sometimes refuse to participate in Sustained Silent
Reading (SSR).
- Prefers to work alone.
- No diagnosis, just a history of behavior issues.
Student Needs (e.g. academic, behavioral, social, etc.)
- Needs music to concentrate.
- Prefers hands on, creative activities.
Post-Secondary Goals/Dreams (college, career, etc.)
- None currently due to being a sophomore.
- Possibly pursuing something in music?

Special Education Services or 504 Services (if relevant)

- Has been in special education focused classes, but was very uncooperative and insisted
that being in regular classes would be better.

Additional Information (if relevant)

- Guitar had been in the special ed classrooms and was very resistant and disrespectful
with the aides and teachers in those classrooms. They insisted that they didn’t need this
kind of aide and claimed they would do better in a general ed classroom, and the school
made that happen except that Guitar isn’t doing any better.

Part 2 Identify and design effective supports that will help the student achieve in your class
and across environments.
Academic Supports
- Accommodating assignments that allow for Guitar to do something hands-on like
turning book responses into a physical medium like drawing a scene from the book.
- For bigger projects, allow Guitar to pick the topic of the assignment, so they can study
something that is interesting and engaging for them.

Behavioral/Social Supports
- Let Guitar work in the hall if the classroom is too overwhelming for them.
- Let Guitar listen to music during class work time.

Other Supports
- N/A

Part 3 Identify and design 2-4 goals you would like to see the student achieve.

Goal #1
When given the choice to choose the topic for a big project, student will
engage better with the project, as evidenced by a quality final product.

Goal #2
When given permission to listen to music in class, student will be able to
concentrate on work, as evidenced by the completion of assignments in a
 timely manner.

Goal #3
When given the opportunity to make a project/assignment something physical,
student will be more engaged and interested in the project, as evidenced by
the quality completion of project/assignment.

Creating Student Supports Checklist

Positive Student Profile

Profile is holistic and comprehensive.
Profile information is supported by detailed descriptions.
Profile is respectful in tone of students and teachers.

Recommended Supports
Supports are directly tied to the student’s profile and identified needs and strengths.
Supports provide student with increased access to academic instruction, classroom environment,
behavioral supports, social connection, etc.

Goals
2 - 4 goals are included.
Goals are clearly aligned to supporting the needs in student profile and align with supports created
in the supports and strategies section.
Goals are written in the following format:
When given XYZ supports, student will goal outcome as measured by X.

Clarity
Feedback comments from Dr. MacLeod are present (e.g. still in the google doc) and addressed
Information is professionally composed and without spelling or grammatical errors.