STUDENT AFFAIRS

ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE Teachers are available before and after school for extra help. Any student can arrange to see his teacher whenever he is experiencing difficulty. Peer tutoring and professional tutoring can also be arranged through the Guidance Department.

RETURN TO LEARN CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT Managed through the Learning Enrichment Centre, this protocol supports students who experience concussion. Return to Learn ensures students benefit from a well-managed recovery. The Learning Centre connects parents, teachers, administration and medical direction through a coordinated communication that monitors an appropriate progression to activity.

In September 2020, the Student Affairs Department revised, updated, and developed a new concussion protocol which includes evidenced-based up to date Return to Learn and Return to Play measures. As part of the Student Affairs Department, the Learning Enrichment Centre collaborates and communicates with the SMCS athletic therapists and/or outside agencies to devise well-managed recovery plans.

STUDENTS Students who have been professionally assessed are encouraged to access support and services of the Student Affairs Learning Enrichment Centre. A Learning Profile will be developed in consultation with parents and this information will be shared confidentially with each teacher. Students can benefit from coaching, workshops and counselling to support skill development or compensatory strategies in relevant areas.

PARENTS Communication with parents of identified students is essential to sharing important information that can maximize students success and create a better understanding of individual student learning. Consistent, mutually understood and supported planning provides the most successful pathway to students facing challenges. STAFF Individual student profiles outlining student strengths, needs and strategies for success will be available to each staff member to allow proactive and informed planning in the classroom. Additional information and service can be tailored to specific professional development needs and classroom realities through one-on-one and team meetings and larger workshops.

COMPUTER LABS St. Michael’s College School has numerous computer labs available to its students. There are three PC labs, and three Mac labs. The Mac labs are used by the Art, Music and Media Arts classes while the PC labs are used by classroom teachers through a booking system.

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES Parent-teacher conferences take place twice during the school year. Early in the school year, usually before mid-November, parents of students who are experiencing difficulties are invited to the school for a scheduled conference with those teachers who request to see them. Parents who are not invited may be accommodated if they request conferences with their son’s teachers.

Parent-teacher conferences also take place after the Christmas reports arrive home, usually in mid-February. On this particular date the parents of students from all grades who are experiencing difficulties are invited for a conference with the teachers. Parents who are not invited at this time may be accommodated by requesting conferences with their son’s teachers.

Moreover, parents may phone the school at any time during the year to request a report on their son’s progress. Parents are welcome to set up appointments at any time during the school year with guidance counsellors or teachers.