Committees

Committees

Student Assistance Team

Student Assistance Team (S.A.T.)

The Student Assistance Team is a group of school professionals whose function is to identify, refer, and intervene with students at risk. The purpose of the S.A.T. is to redirect students exhibiting at-risk behaviors before they experience school and social failure. Factors that place students at risk may include: academic failure; self-destructive behaviors such as self-injury, injury to others, depression, and suicidal tendencies; physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse; absenteeism and truancy; sexuality issues including pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The S.A.T. functions as a systematic process which makes it possible for school personnel to determine which students are having problems and develop and coordinate intervention strategies.

Referral to S.A.T.

Anyone may refer a student to the S.A.T. A student may refer himself/herself directly to a member of the team or through the Guidance Director. A parent, teacher, or another student may also refer a student. It is very important to realize that the simple identification of behavior is all that is required of anyone in making a referral. Confidentiality is a critical aspect of the S.A.T. Once a referral is made the team has very specific guidelines which are followed to determine the best method of helping a student.

Current members of the S.A.T. are:: Mrs. Lowell, Mrs. Disselkamp, & Mr. Farrington

Teacher Certification

All college trained teachers are initially certified a Provisional Certificate. After 2 years of employment, they are eligible for a Professional Certificate. At this point every teacher has to complete the equivalent of 6 credit hours every 5 years. This must be verified by the local Certification Committee who, in turn, verifies these credits to the Certification Division of the State Department of Education. This, along with the finger printing and background check, sanctions the certification for another 5 years.

College degreed individuals that have not taken all the required courses for certification as a Provisional teacher, may be certified with a Conditional Certificate. This means that they may teach, but must take at least 6 credits a year until they have attained the required courses for Provisional Certification.

A Professionally Certified teacher who changes from teaching one subject to teaching another, such as math to science, and does not have the required courses for an "endorsement" in that new subject area, must also take 6 credits a year until he/she has completed the required coursework. Until they have obtained the required coursework, they are designated with a Transitional Certificate.

A new certification is the Targeted Needs Certificate. This is similar to the Conditional Certificate, but specifies that the candidate take specific classes first in order to ensure expertise as soon as possible. This has been created due to the difficulty in finding teachers in a number of "endorsements", or specific teaching areas. Some of these are math, science, foreign languages and speech.

Union 113 has a Certification Committee whose duty it is to keep track of the status, needs and requirements of all of the Unions teachers. Recently, the State has imposed more stringent requirements for educational technicians. This has also become a responsibility of the Certification Committee.

Authorization for Workshop or In-Service	Classroom Observation Record		Committee Credit Form 2		Duties of Support Team
Ed Tech Authorization	In-Service Credit Form		Master Plan Support System		Prior Approval Application
Teacher Action Plan Goals!		Certification Renewal Notice		Teacher Course Approval Log
Workshop Credit Form		Yearly Workshop Credit Form

Last Updated January 22, 2010