Ingenuity in Action

Do your students require more support in some areas than others? Are you looking for digital solution that can reflect the complexity of programming needs of individual learners as well as groups of students? WeCollab can help with the display of student information that demonstrates diverse needs in different focus areas. The Notion of the Jagged Profile In his Tedx Talk, Todd Rose speaks about the myth of average.  He would suggest that it is inappropriate to tier a student as no learner fits succinctly into a single category, nor do they remain in that category each and every day.   Tedx Talk - Todd Rose - The Myth of Average Every learner has a jagged profile: we have areas of strength and areas of challenge that dictate who we are as human beings. When we acknowledge this, we are compelled to move away from the idea of tiering and labelling learners because one tier or one label does not neatly fit any one individual's profile! from Collaborative Response Symposium 2022 O...

Does your Collaborative Team Meeting process provide an opportunity to identify a key issue students may be facing?  Is time embedded in the meeting for brainstorming possible resolutions to the key issue? Are you looking for suggestions for supports when having an individual student meeting? The updated  (Fall 2022)  WeCollab software has built-in solutions.  Conducting Meetings Please visit the User Support Site and search "Collaborative Team Meeting" or "Individual Student Meeting" for details on how use this feature. Key Issues The WeCollab software now provides a space to specifically identify a key issue in a few short words, with further text entry for the context of the key issue. Suggestions When a key issue is entered, to the right of the entry there will be a blue "Suggested" menu available to expand. When expanded, the system will offer suggestions based on the key issue from both the school's embedded Continuum of Supports (if they have be...