Student Support Centre

Student Support Centre (SSC) is a Online-based universal support provided by an EA in Literacy or Numeracy and is offered to students needing assistance in grades 5-12. It is important to note that you do not need a referral for this, you may access the SSC at any point throughout the year.

academic courses - comprehension, higher level thinking, step by step instruction
executive functioning (organization, planning, time management)
course pacing and accountability
navigating Brightspace, Study Forge and Encom
building confidence due to anxiety or insecurity
motivation

How to initiate support

Talk to your teacher, LS consultant or GA to set up the first meeting to get to know the EA. After the first meeting, schedule follow up sessions using the EA's calendly link.

Friendly reminder: The student support centre is a universal support and is accessible to all grade 5-12+ students. We ask that you kindly limit weekly bookings to 1-2 sessions and no more than 2 weeks in advance. Should your child need further support, we encourage you to contact the course specialist for booking hours and follow up with your IE case manager, learning support consultant, K-9 teacher or GA.

Support is offered via Zoom and students must schedule a meeting time and attend the service.

SSC Workshops:

Check out the SSC link and the school blog regularly for updates for our free drop-in weekly workshops. Topics change each month, offering students even more learning opportunities to build skills such as proper citation, essay writing foundations, provincial assessment preparation, note taking and more!

SSC Education Assistants:

The current education assistants will be supporting in Literacy/Executive Functioning: Taryn McPherson and Carlee Bouillon and Numeracy/Science: TBD They are under the supervision of Allison Miles, IE GA and SSC Coordinator: Taryn McPherson.

SSC Bookings:

Literacy/Executive Functioning EAs

Support in English, science comprehension/questions, Christian studies, social studies/humanities, written assignments in CLE or CLC, physical education courses, and elective courses such as WEX, music or foods. Math can also be support up to grade 11.

Carlee Bouillon

Carlee's strengths: essay writing (planning, structuring, drafting), poetry writing and analysis, story writing and analysis, reading comprehension, citing sources, editing, proofing and polishing, pre-calculus 10 &11.

Booking Calendar for Zoom: https://calendly.com/carlee-bouillon
- Please check calendar for availability at this time

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Taryn McPherson

Taryn's strengths include: goal setting, planning and organizing, scheduling (time management), test preparation, research skills, writing skills and proofing, middle school math and science, upper-level science (life science and some chemistry)

Booking Calendar for Zoom: https://calendly.com/taryn-mcpherson/literacy-support-centre
- Please check calendar for availability at this time

Numeracy and Science EAs

Support grade 7-12 math, AP math, physics 11/12, chemistry 11/12, accounting 11

Gohar Zakaryan

Gohar's Strengths: Coursework support, tech and mathematical device support (eg. graphing calculators), note taking, study skills, test and exam preparation, feedback and score review (how to learn from mistakes and teacher feedback), communication with teachers

Booking Calendar for Zoom: https://calendly.com/gohar-zakaryan/
- Please check calendar for availability at this time

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Carlee Bouillon (Math 5-11)

Booking Calendar for Zoom: https://calendly.com/carlee-bouillon
- Please check calendar for availability at this time

For more information, please look at: https://grad.onlineschool.ca/resources/student-support-centre