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School Support Staff

The main priority of your child’s SISP team (Specialized Instructional Support Personnel), including school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and school nurses, is to empower students to reach their highest level of success - whether that’s in the classroom, on the playground, or in a future career. SISP members strive to meet the needs of all of our students by visiting classrooms, working with small groups, and meeting with students to discuss age-appropriate topics such as getting along with others, staying safe and learning how to be a successful student.  Counseling is based on a trusting relationship between the SISP member (school counselor, school social worker, and school psychologist) and students. The SISP team member will keep information confidential with some possible exceptions.

SISP team members may share information with parents/guardians, the student’s teacher, and/or administrators who work with the student on a need to know basis, so that we may better support the student.

Under the following circumstances, the SISP team members are required by law to share information with others:

1. Presenting information about hurting herself/himself or another person

2. Evidence or disclosure of abuse (physically, emotionally, and sexually) or neglect

3. Threats to school security

4. Disclosure of requesting teachers/staff to call student by a different name or pronoun

If you have any questions or concerns about this information, please contact a member of the SISP team.

Our team, also known as Specialized Instructional Support Personnel(SISP), partners with school staff, families and community partners toensure students are being successful.

SISP Team Member Title Days on Campus Phone Number
Kristi Monto School Counselor Monday-Friday 704-260-6163
Christy Stowe School Psychologist Monday, Wednesday, Friday 704-260-6153
Nikki Steele Social Worker Tuesday, Thursday 704-260-6162
Lauren Morgan Nurse Monday-Friday 704-260-6166
Tracy Law School Resource Officer Monday-Friday 704-260-6150

 

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To learn more about our SISP team member roles, click on the names below.

  • The School Counselor:

    • Responds to the mental health needs of students through individual, small group counseling and referrals to outside providers
    • Offers strategies to help students with self-awareness, conflict resolution, building character and other social/emotional needs.
    • Collaborates with parents, school staff and community stakeholders to meet the needs of students

  • The School Psychologist:

    • Coordinates and offerssupport for the MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Support)process for academic andbehavior interventions
    • Completes psycho-educationevaluations
    • Provides social/emotionalinterventions
    • Can provide individual or smallgroup counseling 
    • Assists with fostering apositive relationship betweenstudents, families, and schoolsto ensure a students academic,behavioral and socialemotional needs are being met

  • The School Social Worker:

    • Provides services thatstrengthen school and familypartnerships; links familieswith resources
    • Serves on the school levelmental health and attendanceintervention teams
    • Offers individual and smallgroup counseling 
    • Partners with school staff,parents and communityagencies to address barriersto learning, such asabsenteeism and homelessness
    • Assists with crisis intervention

  • The School Nurse:

    • Performs nursing assessmentsand provides immediate carefor injured or ill students
    • Provides health counseling forchronic illnesses, nutrition,disease prevention, andsurveillance of communicablediseases
    • Provides case management tostudents with complex healthneeds
    • Conducts health screeningsand serves as a resource forparents and staff

  • The School Resource Officer:

    • Provides security checks oncampus
    • Teaches safety classes andmentoring to students
    • Provides SISP team withadvice on legal actionsregarding students andfamilies
    • Ensures safety andprotections of the students,faculty and staff on campus