1. Setting Up A Classroom For All Students
Simone Stano
Lead Teacher
Dakota Ridge School

2. Purpose of Extended School Year (ESY)
Students qualify under 3 areas
Regression and Recoupment
Self Sufficiency
Unique Needs

3. Goals For ESY
IEP-ESY Statement suggests one or two goals that students should work on for ESY.
Determine students goals:
How to collect the data?
What to focus on during ESY?

4. Goals for ESY
If many learners have reading goals, then this will be a focus.
If many learners are working on stable relationships or impulse control, then social skills may be the focus.

5. Physical Classroom
Territory! Determine if the classroom is going to have more students that are transitioning or maintaining.
Will the day be similar to regular school year, will anything change?
Space-Designate community/individual
Consider student combinations, seating arrangement
Paraprofessional placement, where should they be positioned?
Specific behaviors- need intentional placement
Running out of the classroom
In other student’s business

6. Visual Classroom Clear Expectations for students posted
Visual of the routines for students posted
Literacy collaborative, supporting the same expectations
Will the day be similar to regular school year, will anything change?

7. Draw a map of classroom
Change parts that you would like to see altered
Design your ideal with the space given

8. Turn and Talk Talk to your neighbor about how your classroom is set up
Discuss at least 3 intentions for the classroom set up.

9. Expectations
What are your expectations and structures? why? Decide what is the priority.
How are you going to teach these expectations?
How will these expectations help the students transition?
Prepare students for changes in the fall

10. Paraprofessional Communication
Many paraprofessionals will be from different programs working ESY.
Inform paraprofessionals about behaviors that you are collecting data on.
Give paraprofessionals explicit instructions about how to help in the classroom.
Safety concerns
Have paraprofessionals help lead the expectations for students for a common understanding.

11. Turn and Talk Discuss expectations for the classroom with neighbor
What have you used in the past? What would you like to change?
How will you communicate to paraprofessionals?

12. Good Luck!