School Support System: A Collaborative System of Focused Monitoring The Office of Student, Community and Academic Supports' monitoring of special education is aligned with federal IDEA legislation. Moreover, the School Support System addresses the Comprehensive Education Strategy and the R.I. Student Investment Initiative. These are state general education initiatives designed to close gaps in student performance and prepare students for the 21st century. System Design The School Support System is designed to align with best practice efforts and supports the following beliefs and assumptions: An assigned category or level of special need does not define the educational needs of students. To the maximum extent possible, students with exceptionalities are meaningfully included in the general education program. The curricula are based on standards that are sufficiently broad to support the learning needs of all students and include academic and skill areas. Individual Education Plans reflect state and local standards for student performance, incorporate varied assessments, and utilize a broad array of accommodations for testing and learning. A comprehensive system of professional training must support and encourage the involvement of all personnel in addressing the learning needs of students with the full range of abilities and exceptionalities. Approach and Goals The School Support System integrates multiple sources of information in order to develop a support plan that is directed at increasing student performance and is founded on proven practice. Moreover, RIDE's Office of Student, Community and Academic Supports seeks to create collegial and collaborative relationships with the school district/educational setting, thereby involving the entire district/educational setting in evaluating the quality of special education services. As a result, the process delineates the district/educational setting’s strengths and needs, culminating in the development of a plan to improve service delivery. Our goal is to implement agreements and verification in a timely and systematic way to get corrective actions /support planning instituted in order to assure continuous high performance of all children. School and District Reports Public Schools SCHOOL REPORT VISIT DATE Achievement First Public Schools October 2019 Barrington January 2021 Beacon Charter School March 2018 Blackstone Academy Charter School May 2020 Blackstone Valley Prep RI Mayoral Academy December 2019 Bristol-Warren April 2021 Bristol-Warren Kickemuit Middle School May 2019 Burrillville November 2019 Central Falls November 2017 Chariho May 2020 Charette Charter July 2020 Compass Charter School December 2017 Coventry November 2019 Cranston May 2018 Cumberland March 2021 East Greenwich June 2018 East Providence April 2022 Exeter / West Greenwich February 2022 The Greene School April 2022 Highlander Charter School June 2018 Hope Academy June 2018 International Charter School May 2020 Jamestown November 2018 Johnston October 2021 Kingston Hill Academy Charter School December 2019 Learning Community Charter School January 2019 Lincoln May 2019 Narragansett October 2018 Newport County November 2020 Newport Public School March 2019 New Shoreham May 2019 North Kingstown May 2018 North Providence November 2021 North Smithfield March 2019 Northwest (Foster, Glocester, Scituate & Foster-Glocester) June 2020 Paul Cuffee Charter School February 2018 Pawtucket October 2019 Portsmouth July 2021 Providence May 2022 Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College May 2019 RISE Prep Mayoral Academy October 2017 Segue Institute for Learning April 2017 Sheila Skip Nowell Leadership Academy August 2019 Smithfield October 2021 South Kingstown May 2018 SouthSide Elementary Public Charter School December 2021 Trinity Academy for the Performing Art March 2022 Urban Collaborative April 2020 Village Green Charter School December 2020 Warwick March 2018 West Warwick December 2020 Westerly April 2021 Woonsocket March 2019 Non-Public Schools SCHOOL REPORT VISIT DATE Action Based Enterprises/Hillside Alternative Program October 2021 Bradley School April 2019 Cornerstone School November 2020 Eleanor Briggs School May 2017 Groden Center School December 2017 Harmony Hill School November 2020 High Road School June 2020 Meeting Street School October 2021 Mount Pleasant Academy October 2018 Ocean State Academy June 2020 Ocean State Academy Learning Center December 2021 Ocean Tides School November 2019 Pathways Strategic Teaching Center March 2021 Rhode Island Alternative Academy March 2020 Sargent Rehabilitation Center August 2017 School One February 2019 Spurwink School March 2018 St. Mary's School December 2018 Tavares Pediatric/Education Center June 2021 Tides School December 2018 The Providence Center March 2022 The Wolf School October 2019 Viola Berard School April 2015 State Operated Schools SCHOOL REPORT VISIT DATE Department of Corrections June 2017 Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center February 2021 RI School for the Deaf June 2018 DCYF Alternative Education Program June 2021 William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School October 2018 RELATED RESOURCES School Support System Review Information, Guides & Protocols Overview of School Support System Five Year School Support System Schedule One Page Snapshot of School Support System School Support System PowerPoint Administrative Guide to School Support System Special Education US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs