Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Learning Workshop?

Learning Workshop Instruction responds to a need to strengthen reading and mathematical skills of students who are struggling to meet grade level expectations. Students receive additional instruction to learn skills and strategies within the General Education program to help them achieve success. This supplemental program recognizes individual learning differences and strives to build students’ competence and confidence.

Our goals are to:

• Remediate skill deficiencies as determined by standardized and district test results, readiness checklists and by classroom teachers’ evaluation

• Promote students’ success in the regular classroom program

• Promote and maintain students’ self-confidence and self-esteem

• Stress critical thinking skills

• Foster consistent communication between home and school

What If We're New to Summit?

All students new to Summit are assessed to determine eligibility for participation in a variety of activities involved in our Learning Workshop Program. Students will be assessed using multiple measures including district-developed checklists and the Teachers College Assessment of Reading. If your child was assessed in another district during the 2021-2022 school year, I encourage you to forward a copy of those assessment results to me, if you have not already done so. This may eliminate unnecessary testing. If your child is eligible to participate in our Learning Workshop Program, a confirmation letter will be forwarded to you.

How Does It Work?

Students may be enrolled in Learning Workshop for Language Arts Literacy and/or Math. This may be any combination of in-class support and small group instruction targeted to the skills of the individual student. Learning Workshop begins once students have been identified, screened and have returned their permission letters. Learning Workshop progress reports will be sent home at the same time as report cards. A student will not automatically be enrolled in Learning Workshop for the following year. Student eligibility will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Pull-Out groups:

• Target specific skills

• Modify pace to reinforce critical concepts

• Opportunity for repeated practice of specific skills

• Prepare for tests

• Provide an atmosphere to make participation and questioning more comfortable

In-Class support:

• Monitor student’s ability to “keep up” with skills being taught in the whole group setting

• Target skills needing reinforcement

• Provide individual attention

• Work with small groups within the whole group setting