Special Education
St. Joseph School works in partnership with ISD #196 (Rosemount Elementary and Rosemount Middle School) to provide special education services to students that qualify. Transportation is provided.
Instructional Support
We have full time aides in both Kindergarten classrooms. We also have an aide who spends an hour in each first grade classroom each day, a fulltime aide who is shared by 2nd-3rd grade, and another who is shared by 4th-5th grade. These aides support teachers in managing challenging situations, running small groups or allowing teachers to run small groups, and pulling individual students for specialized instruction, make up work, or assessment.
We also have a fulltime intervention teacher who pulls students who are missing key literacy skills and ensures that all of our students are prepared to work on and above grade level. This also allows our classroom teachers to focus core instruction on more advanced skills for the whole group and small groups within their room.
In Middle school we have an instructional support time every other day for students who qualify to meet in groups of 2-3 with our Middle School instructional support specialist.
St. Joseph School Accommodation Plans
St. Joseph School works with students and families to accommodate learning needs and/or modify curriculum via a written accommodation plan (similar to a 504 plan).
Gifted/Talented Resources
Upon family request, St. Joseph School students can be assessed by the ISD #196 Gifted/Talented Specialist. An accelerated learning plan may be created to meet student learning needs.
Counseling
St. Joseph has an onsite counselor one day per week who works with students based on parent or teacher referrals. Our counselor helps students build skills such as strategies for calming and overcoming anxiety, how to handle big emotions, how to cultivate positive social skills, how to make and keep friends, how to manage anger, and much more. The counselor visits classes to teach whole group lessons, and leads individual and small groups.