Strathpine West State School strives for the provision of equitable educational opportunities to ensure that all students have access to, participate in and gain positive learning outcomes from schooling. The SST team plays a vital role in achieving this goal.
Student Support Team (SST) Referral Process
Strathpine West teachers are dedicated to monitoring the progress and development of students. When teachers have concerns regarding a student's development they observe and collate work samples. This helps build a picture of the areas of concern they have for the student and helps them identify and make adjustments from their repertoire of teaching strategies to support and scaffold learning for students.
If students don't respond to these strategies, teachers will want to investigate further. After consulting parents, teachers fill in an SST referral form outlining their concerns. They then submit this with their work samples and meet with the Student Support Team.
At times, parents initiate the referral process by sharing concerns or information with the class teacher or a referral may be requested by the School Leadership Team.
The Student Support Team assesses each case individually, identifying appropriate actions such as - to determine further assessments necessary, support that needs to be provided, advise the teacher of additional strategies to try and suggest possible outside agency or Paediatrician involvement to parents.
The classroom teacher or SST team member will communicate these actions to parents. Any documentation is recorded in OneSchool (Education Qld School Operating Website) so future class teachers have information to make a difference for your child.