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Sociograms and the Class Placement Process

in the Elementary School.

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Parent Sociogram

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Third

Culture

Kids

Growing Up Among Worlds:

they need as many social

connections as possible.

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We understand that the start of a new school year

is uniquely different in every family.

Our goal is to find the best fit for your child.

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What is the most effective way

to group students?

Ability grouping (Homogeneous)

Heterogeneous grouping

Flexible grouping Cooperative technique (Shallaway 1997)

NIST Counsellors believe that a social pod

of students will be the most successful.

If they are socially comfortable, then

more learning can happen.

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It is important to give thebest possible continuation in

their educational process.

The Elementary School ispleased that NIST adopted

Shallaways Cooperative

technique to group students

into social pods.

Implemented in 2009.

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The Class Placement Teams PROCESS:

1. Parent have already notified school of any extenuating

circumstances

2. Counsellors collect data from your child: Sociograms

3. Class Placement Team works closely with classroom teachers,

Learning Support and ESL staff to create new learning pods

4. New students are added toclasses

5. Class lists are published in

early August

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Countless children, of virtually every nationality and from a great variety

of backgrounds, wonder will I have friends? and will I succeed?

NIST is a place where they feel connected to each other and are eager to learn.

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As the cultural mixing of todays world increases,

the puzzle just becomes more challenging.

Gone are the days of just counting boys and girls to see if the class isequal. Gone are the days where a student is the label by their passport.

Teachers understand the commonalities these groups

share as well as understand their differences,

so we can use what we have learned for the benefit of all.

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Why Class Placement

for the next school yearis so important:

Helps determine strong learning pods

Helps assure all students are supported

Helps grade levels have balanced classrooms

Helps teachers with discipline concerns

Your child wants a supportive environment. We consider many factors.

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NIST GRADE LEVEL

ClassSize

GenderNationality

Abilities

SocialConnections

LearningSupport

New

StudentsESL

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The Class Placement Team will closely

look at an ideal placement for your child.

The end goal is what is best for the child.

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Start of the school year:

We look at the make up of the children

already in the program, and the incoming

students, to work on making cooperative

learning environments.

No changes will be made without the Class

Placement Teams input. This is in the bestinterest of all students and all classes.

The end goal is what is best for the child.

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Class Placement Team

VPPastoral

Counsellors ESL Coordinator

Lea

rningSupport

Coordinator

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Uniquely Me

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