Academic Support
Academic Achievement Center
Purpose
The Academic Achievement Center (AAC) was created to help students meet the academic challenges of an academically accelerated, college preparatory school. The AAC is responsible for directing and facilitating the School’s efforts to ensure that every student understands his or her individual learning strengths, affinities and challenges, helping them maximize his or her learning potential. The AAC has been designed to assist students at all grade levels with diagnosed learning disabilities, short-term individual learning needs, additional study skills, and help in specific academic areas. Fees may apply based on the services provided.
Students Served
The AAC is available to any Episcopal student experiencing academic difficulty and who has been recommended to the Center by the Division Head.
Academic Assistance Plan (AAP)
The Academic Assistance Plan is an individualized, academic support plan that is available to those students who have a psycho-educational evaluation on file with the School that demonstrates learning differences with significant weaknesses that impact academic achievement. The evaluation must contain specific learning environment recommendations, which address the diagnosed learning difference(s). The evaluation and pre-referral intervention corroborate the necessity for an intensive, specialized approach to learning. Episcopal Collegiate does not guarantee that all recommendations for accommodations can be implemented.
Services Provided
Services provided by the AAC include but may not be limited to the following:
- Assessing and interpreting academic performance
- Assessing standardized and diagnostic test results
- Academic monitoring
- Classroom observations
- Pre-screening for reading and language difficulties
- Consultation services for teachers and parents for the purpose of enhancing learning for those students who learn differently
- Assisting in the development and implementation of an AAP
- Coordination of on-campus tutors
- Communicating regularly with a student’s support system (parents, faculty, tutors, administrators, diagnosticians, therapists and counselors)
- Source of tutors, therapists and evaluators
- Source of professional development resources for classroom teachers
For more information about academic support services, please contact Melissa Carter, Director of the Academic Achievement Center (mcarter@episcopalcollegiate.org)
