Spend less time on planning and
paperwork…and more time celebrating your students’ achievements
Are you in?The Saskatchewan Student Services Collective provides the materials and tools you need to be organized, confident, and efficient, so you can get back to the reason you became a student services teacher: to help students succeed.
Let’s be honest. The role of the student services teacher is hard. It's even harder with the limited resources here in Saskatchewan.
- There never seems to be enough time.
- You're torn between wanting the best for your students, following division directives, and building relationships with parents and caregivers.
- You seek balance.
- There is a constant struggle to meet the diverse needs of your students and having a life outside of school.
- You're constantly searching for elusive resources.
- You spend countless hours and hundreds of dollars searching social media sites and Teachers Pay Teachers looking for the "perfect" resource.
- The administrative tasks are relentless.
- You have a long to do list, a full inbox, and never-ending paperwork.
- You wear all the hats.
- You're a teacher, social worker, administrator, coach and consultant. Yet, at the end of the day, no seems to know what your role is. Somedays you are unsure yourself.
- You feel stressed, alone, and overwhelmed.
But wait...what if it didn't have to be this way?
What if you could....
Work Smarter,
Not Harder
Access Resources
Connect with Colleagues
YOUR LIFE AS AN STUDENT SERVICES TEACHER CAN BE EASIER AND MORE ENJOYABLE
Enter: The Saskatchewan Student Services Collective
The no-stress online digital membership for Saskatchewan Student Services Teachers who want ready-to-use resources, tools to systematize paperwork, opportunities to connect with colleagues, and strategies to mitigate stress…at their fingertips.
Join nowThe materials and tools you need to go from scattered and stressed ⟶ calm and confident
The Saskatchewan Student Services Collective is an online digital membership designed to help Saskatchewan Student Support Services Teachers to plan effective supports and
manage your caseload with less stress than ever before,
no matter the age, size or diversity of your group.
No more scouring online stores or search engines for materials that might meet the unique need you are looking for.
No more carting armloads of materials and binders around, hoping you’ve grabbed everything you need.
Access to Systems and Structures that Create Success for Your Students (Without Spending Years Putting Them Together on Your Own)
Learn simple, easy-to-implement techniques of working with educational assistants and teachers to enable seamless data collection and progress monitoring.
Go into your meetings with colleagues equipped with evidence-based materials and data-driven plans -- plus all of your students’ goals, progress, and sessions in one organized place.
Endless ideas and inspiration from a community of like-minded Saskatchewan Student Services Professionals
Whether you’ve been a student services teacher for 2 months or 24 years, we all experience feelings of loneliness… and the feeling that our colleagues don't really understand the role.
When you join the Saskatchewan Student Services Collective, you’re welcomed into a community of like-minded student services professionals that you never knew you needed. Inside the Saskatchewan Student Services Collective, you can:
- Connect with student services professionals for ideas and inspiration.
- Optimize your health and well-being.
- Access monthly on-demand professional development.
- Pose your specific questions in the members area and/or attend our live monthly Q&A Sessions.
You support your students, parents, and colleagues day-in, and day-out… no matter what it takes.
It’s your turn to get the support you need.
Join your Saskatchewan colleagues to lessen the load of providing student services and streamline your caseload management so you can get back to doing the things you love.
Hi, my name is Louise.
You might be wondering why an OT created the Saskatchewan Student Services Collective...
For the past 22 years, I have enjoyed the opportunity of working in schools as an occupational therapist, student services coordinator, and superintendent of programs and instruction. If you know me…you know I am passionate about education – especially inclusive education.
Over the past few years, I have observed a significant change in education. While there have always been students with additional needs, the pandemic has created a seismic shift. The diversity of needs in classrooms has increased, waitlists for assessments and services are now counted in years, not days or months; and, educators no longer report feeling “tired” and “ready for a holiday” – they report burnout, exhaustion and compassion fatigue.
As a private OT, I receive daily phone calls from parents requesting services. One of their primary concerns: Their child is struggling in school.
Now, I will continue assessing students, writing reports, and consulting with schools.
However, I know there is a better way.
From my years in schools, I have gained tremendous respect for student services teachers. I know when they have the tools and resources they need, classroom teachers and educational assistants access what they need and children succeed.
The challenge is that student services teachers are often isolated, overstretched and overwhelmed.
My hope, through the Saskatchewan Student Services Collective is to reduce this isolation, support the health and well-being of student services teachers through an occupational therapy lens, and to share resources, tools and practices to make the role easier.
What you receive inside the Saskatchewan Student Services Collective:
Join NowExclusive Resources, Systems, and Strategies
Monthly Professional Development & Stress Management Techniques
Community and Connection in the Member's Area
All organized into realistic action steps so you never feel overwhelmed
(you have enough of that already).
The Collective Opens August 15th, 2022
On this day members will receive:
- Stress-free Student Services Roadmap for Success
- Student Services All-in-One Manual
- The Teacher Toolkit for Student Services
- TEAM: Your Digital Resource Guide for EAs
- Access to a Growing IIP Goal Bank;
- Stress-free Student Services - The First 30 Days
- Anxiety 101: Strategies to Overcome your Own Anxiety, Perfectionism and Procrastination
- Becoming a One-Minute Manager: Systems for Data Collection and Documentation;
- IIP Binder - Must Have Forms and Templates
Then On the First of Each Month from September to June, Members will Receive:
- Templates, Handouts and Ready-to-Use Resources;
- Guides to help with IIPs, parent communication, team meetings and student-led IIPs;
- On-demand professional development. Topics include:
- Challenging Behaviour, Neurodiversity, Self-Regulation, Life-Skills, Assistive Technology 101, Printing Post-Pandemic, and Executive Functioning to name a few;
- Monthly Health Tips to Optimize Your Health and Well-being as a Student Services Teacher;
- Membership site where participants can post questions to colleagues; and,
- Live Forums to Discuss Hot Topics, Share Resources, and Connect with Colleagues Across the Province.