Pam Hahlen and Erin Marr

We work as curricular support teachers in the Dublin, Ohio school district. We share a classroom, and each of us spends half the day supporting our colleagues throughout the building. We developed the attached menu to help our peers understand our role, and possibilities for how we could collaborate with them.

We will continue to reflect upon the needs of colleagues and adapt the menu as we learn. We'd encourage anyone who wants to try a similar menu in their schools to meet first with their principal or curriculum coordinator as we did -- that way the menu also becomes a tool for a shared vision of goals.

To download the one-page Curricular Support Menu (pdf format), click on the link below:

http://www.choiceliteracy.com/CSTMenu.pdf

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