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Our Team
The New Maryland Elementary School Resource team consists of two full-time @Resource Teachers, one part-time Resource Teacher, ten Teacher Assistants (@TAs), and a Student Services Team (@SST). We work within an inclusive school environment where all members accept their fair share of responsibility for all children, including those with disabilities (Fuchs and Fuchs 1994).

The processes of consultation, collaboration, and co-teaching are essential for effective inclusion programs (Dettner, Dyck and Thurston 1999, 40).

We subscribe to the collaborative consultation model, providing support to classroom teachers (so as to meet the needs of students with learning difficulities or exceptionalities) by offering the following services:  Inclusion incorporates a continuum of services for students with exceptionalities, in which case we may serve students through:
 * @Assessment - formal and informal.
 * Co-planning and co-teaching.
 *  Providing instructional methods and resources.
 * Continued consultation and collaboration with the classroom teacher and others involved in the student's program.
 *  Updating, tracking and monitoring of Special Education Plans (@SEPs).
 * Facilitating compliance to guidelines and policies related to programs and services for students with exceptionalities.
 * @Direct & Indirect Services.