SLP FAQ

Who is required to have a SLP?

Learning plans must be developed for all 8th grade students who were not successful on any or all areas of the state assessment during the previous year, and for 8th grade students who have credit deficiencies or have excessive absence rates that could interfere with graduation. It should be noted that the plan does not move forward as the student enters high school.

All students served by LAP programs as follows:

• At the elementary schools LAP funds reading interventions
• At the middle school LAP funds, reading classes, reading para support and before school interventions for math
• At the high school LAP funds – reading intervention classes, Credit retrieval (Novanet) and pre-algebra classes

All students served with title I funds. All of our elementary schools and middle school are Title-wide so all students in these schools are required to have a SLP.

All students who are identified as High Capable. Teachers received a list of students in their 3rd,4th and 5th grade classes that are identified as Highly Capable.

When does the SLP have to be completed?

The law doesn’t specify when the plans need to be completed. The learning plans will be most helpful to students if they are completed early in the school.

What about students who are new to the district? What if they didn't take the state assessment or we can't locate their scores?

Efforts should be made to locate state assessment results of students who transferred into the district. If a student did not take the state assessment (e.g., transferred from out-of-state, was absent, was a private or home-schooled student. a learning plan could be created using additional data such as WLPT, Dibels, DRP or benchmark assessments.

What about students enrolled in special education? They already have individual education plans. Do we have to create separate SLPs for them?

As long as the student learning plans include the elements required in the law, districts have the option to either create learning plans for students receiving special education services, or to incorporate these learning plans into existing individual education plans (IEP). The law does not specifically address students eligible for special education services.

How are parents involved in these learning plans?

Parents or guardians must be notified of the SLP, preferably through a parent conference. Progress on the plan must be reported to parents or guardians at least once a year.

When printing the SLP, the headers (Student, Parents/Guardians, School) do not show up?

This issue has been reported to developers and should be corrected shortly..

If students are on standard, what is the expectation for the "interventions" part of the SLP for those students?

If the student does't really need additional interventions, choose instead the commitment for the school that they are going to provide a high quality curriculum and instruction. Consider though that this could be an opportunity to extend the student in new ways with an intervention designed to get them to go above and beyond standard!

Do we need to keep a paper copy on file, or does the electronic version suffice?

No. The electronic copy is the only official copy we should need.

Do parents need to sign the SLP, or does clicking the boxes suffice?

No signature is needed. It is necessary though to document the contacts with parents. Be sure to keep records in the SLP widget of the communications with parents documenting the date that the SLP was presented to parents.