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SST Description: Student/Parent Handbook

Student Support Teams
Every Wake County school has a Student Support Team whose goal is to strengthen and support the individual student, in the regular education classroom, by developing and implementing a holistic, collaborative plan utilizing strategies that may be school-based and/or community-based depending on the availability of resources most likely to enhance the student's success. The Student Support Team intervenes as early as possible when there is concern about a student's success and through development of the student action plan, attempts to prevent decline in a student's progress and support future success.

The Student Support Team's basic responsibilities are as follows: 1) To gain a full understanding of the student's school or home life that may be affecting the student's success. 2) To generate and select effective strategies that will increase student success. 3) To develop and implement an action plan that reflects the areas of strength and concern of the student. 4) To provide follow-up of the action plan. 5) To make changes to the action plan as often as necessary.

Most often, the student's teacher(s) or parent(s) makes a request for Student Support Team involvement. Teachers and parents are critical to the success of students and are invited to participate at various stages of the Student Support Team process. School staff such as regular and special education teachers, school counselors, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and administrators comprise the Student Support Team. Other individuals who are involved with or concerned about a particular student's progress may be asked to join the meeting on that student. Student Support Teams meet on a regularly scheduled basis, typically 2-3 times a month.