Student Services and their Collaborative Roles

Student Support Services Teachers and Their Collaborative Roles.⁵

Student support services teachers perform an array of collaborative roles, such as those identified below, in order to assist classroom teachers and provide instructional support to students.

Position/Designation	Suggested Roles
A Learning Support Coach	Provides indirect support to targeted students through direct consultation with the classroom teacher.
A Co-Teacher	Co-plans and co-teaches with the classroom teacher in a classroom context
A Peer Collaborator	Works together with the classroom teacher to solve a problem or develop a plan of support.
A Supportive Teacher (Learning Support)	Provides direct instruction or support to individual students or groups of students.
A Interventionist	Works within school-wide models (e.g. Response to Intervention and/or Instruction; School-wide Positive Behaviour Supports) to provide support at multiple levels and across multiple settings.