Support Services

We are always looking at ways to ensure your child receives the best possible learning experience while in our care. We have a wide range of skilled employees who work closely with teachers to ensure every child and classroom has the best possible resources and supports. 

These skilled professionals work as part of an interdisciplinary team to assist teachers to meet the collective and individual needs of students. The following is a list of the some of the skilled professionals that work at the elementary and secondary levels to support education within our Board.

Board Resources

• Autism Spectrum Disorder Consultants – are seconded from Kinark Child and Family Services (a children's mental health organization) to help staff at the elementary and secondary level work with students with autism or aspergers 
• Curriculum Consultants – assist with program planning, assessment and evaluation, teacher professional development, school improvement planning. We have consultants working at the elementary and secondary levels 
• Hearing Resource Services – provide teaching strategies and help facilitate the needs of the deaf and hard-of-hearing students, both elementary and secondary
• Information and Communication Technology Consultant – helps elementary and secondary teachers plan for technology integration in the curriculum 
• Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program Teacher –promotes apprenticeships as viable alternatives to college of university and assists in career exploration at the high school level 
• Psychological Services – provide assessment consultation services to support both elementary and secondary classroom teachers with academic programming and behaviour management for students with complex needs
• Reading Recovery Teacher Leaders – offer intensive and extensive support at the Grade One level for elementary schools
• Research and Evaluation Consultant – promotes an understanding of education in schools (elementary and secondary) and enhances evidence-based decision making at all levels
• Special Education Consultants – assist with consultation, assessment, professional development, program planning and transition planning at both elementary, high school and beyond
• Speech Language Pathologists – provide assessment and consultation services to support elementary school teachers in meeting the oral language needs of students, and understanding the inter-relationships among listening, speaking , reading and writing
• Speech and Language Assistants – provide direct support to students with language and speech needs under the supervision of the speech language pathologist
  
• School Counsellors – are available to both elementary and secondary schools on a weekly basis to support school teams to meet the needs of their students
• School Social Workers – help students with personal or social problems that occur in school, in their family or in the community
• Vision Resource – provides assistance to students who are legally blind or have low vision

School Resources

• Chaplaincy Team Leaders – each of our nine secondary schools has a chaplain who is there to serve the spiritual needs of students and staff 
• Educational Assistants – provide program, personal care and behavioural support for students with significant needs 
• Special Needs Teachers – our high schools have teachers dedicated to work with students who have special needs 
• Special Education Resource Teachers – provide support to classroom teachers for students who require additional assistance 
• Student Success Teachers – our high schools have dedicated teachers who will provide extra attention and support to students to help them prepare for their future goals and aspirations
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