Educators: Professional Support Staff

All educators must build a system that meets the social, emotional, academic and career needs of every student. Professional Support Staff are critical to individual student development within and beyond the classroom. They are integral partners working collaboratively with educator colleagues and others to enhance opportunities to meet the needs of all students. Professional Support Staff include Reading Specialists/Consultants, School Counselors, School Psychologists, School Social Workers, and Speech/Language Pathologists.

The Rhode Island Statewide Curriculum is designed to support quality education for all children in Rhode Island and encompasses the key elements of high quality instruction and assessment: student engagement, an environment conducive to learning, access for all students, the use of questions to monitor and promote student understanding, and the support needed for students to make sense of content. One of the main goals of the interactive Rhode Island Statewide Curriculum is to help all partners know that each is vital in contributing to learning and teaching. The Rhode Island Statewide Curriculum demonstrates effective instructional techniques, provides professional development for educators, and offers resources for all who share responsibility in the education of the youth of Rhode Island.

• Discover the Shared Beliefs that support the process of building this curriculum.
• Access the Rhode Island Framework for Comprehensive K–12 School Counseling Program.
• Access the Grade Level and Grade Span Expectations (GLEs and GSEs) for all grades from kindergarten to grade twelve. These expectations form the blueprint for state (NECAP) assessment and guide local assessment.
• Examine instructional continuums demonstrating learning over time.
• Review model Lesson Plans that you may use to support your students.
• View Lesson Video Clips (some from Rhode Island schools), which demonstrate effective instructional and management techniques.
• Review samples of annotated Student Work.
• Explore informational documents and PowerPoint presentations.
• Explore Online Learning.
• Access other resources for teaching and learning.

Like any research-based educational model, the Statewide Curriculum is dynamic and evolving. All partners are encouraged to identify how they may contribute and participate in order to improve student achievement.

Thank you for visiting the Rhode Island Statewide Curriculum Web site. Your feedback is welcomed.

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