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Sociograms and the Class Placement Process
in the Elementary School.
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Parent Sociogram
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Third
Culture
Kids
Growing Up Among Worlds:
they need as many social
connections as possible.
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We understand that the start of a new school year
is uniquely different in every family.
Our goal is to find the best fit for your child.
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What is the most effective way
to group students?
Ability grouping (Homogeneous)
Heterogeneous grouping
Flexible grouping Cooperative technique (Shallaway 1997)
NIST Counsellors believe that a social pod
of students will be the most successful.
If they are socially comfortable, then
more learning can happen.
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It is important to give thebest possible continuation in
their educational process.
The Elementary School ispleased that NIST adopted
Shallaways Cooperative
technique to group students
into social pods.
Implemented in 2009.
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The Class Placement Teams PROCESS:
1. Parent have already notified school of any extenuating
circumstances
2. Counsellors collect data from your child: Sociograms
3. Class Placement Team works closely with classroom teachers,
Learning Support and ESL staff to create new learning pods
4. New students are added toclasses
5. Class lists are published in
early August
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Countless children, of virtually every nationality and from a great variety
of backgrounds, wonder will I have friends? and will I succeed?
NIST is a place where they feel connected to each other and are eager to learn.
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As the cultural mixing of todays world increases,
the puzzle just becomes more challenging.
Gone are the days of just counting boys and girls to see if the class isequal. Gone are the days where a student is the label by their passport.
Teachers understand the commonalities these groups
share as well as understand their differences,
so we can use what we have learned for the benefit of all.
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Why Class Placement
for the next school yearis so important:
Helps determine strong learning pods
Helps assure all students are supported
Helps grade levels have balanced classrooms
Helps teachers with discipline concerns
Your child wants a supportive environment. We consider many factors.
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NIST GRADE LEVEL
ClassSize
GenderNationality
Abilities
SocialConnections
LearningSupport
New
StudentsESL
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The Class Placement Team will closely
look at an ideal placement for your child.
The end goal is what is best for the child.
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Start of the school year:
We look at the make up of the children
already in the program, and the incoming
students, to work on making cooperative
learning environments.
No changes will be made without the Class
Placement Teams input. This is in the bestinterest of all students and all classes.
The end goal is what is best for the child.
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Class Placement Team
VPPastoral
Counsellors ESL Coordinator
Lea
rningSupport
Coordinator
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Uniquely Me
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