Student Support Team Quick Reference
For Parents/Guardians

What is the Student Support Team? 

• A collaborative, school-based, problem-solving team that is organized to address concerns affecting a student's school performance and to implement an intervention plan following the Response to Intervention (RTI) model.  
• A positive, success-oriented team which uses assessment and intervention techniques to help remove educational, behavioral, and/or social-emotional stumbling blocks for all students in the classroom.  

Why did HCSD create the Student Support Team? 

• To identify and intervene early when a student needs extra academic, behavioral, mental, and/or socioemotional support.
• To bring together available resources in the best interest of helping students reach their potential. 

How does the Student Support Team work?

• A teacher, counselor, parent/ guardian, or the student themselves completes a referral. The referral packet includes 6 weeks of data from the implementation of targeted interventions to help the principal decide if SST is the correct course of action.
• Parents/Guardians are contacted by the SST Facilitator to schedule an initial meeting. 
• A team of administrators, educators, support staff, and parents/guardians share concerns and develop a plan with 1-2 goals during the initial meeting. 
• The team agrees on interventions that are targeted and specific to the needs of the student..  
• The team member(s) identified in the initial meeting carries out the interventions and collects data on the student's progress for the next meeting.
• Meetings are regularly scheduled to track student progress and determine if the plan is working and make adjustments as needed to ensure student success.   

What is the parent/guardian role in the SST process?

• If available, attend SST meetings and communicate your concerns and ideas with the team.
• Participate in the intervention process by implementing the home connections provided by the SST team in the meetings.
• You are an integral part of the SST process and bring a wealth of knowledge about your child that can help when strategizing about support services and interventions.

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