Integrating the Wraparound Process in
Alternative Education Setting :
The Steps of the Wraparound Process

Lucille Eber Ed.D.
Statewide Coordinator
Illinois Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities (EBD) and
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS Network)

~ Module 12, Session 4 ~

Handout 4:
Sample Questions for School Strength Assessment
To Be Asked of Teachers About Their Schools

What are the best aspects of this school for the entire student body? What are the ways you and other teachers have partnered with parents in the past? What did you find most successful? What are the best things about your classroom? What do you do for fun in your classroom? What are the three most important behavioral expectations you have for students who enter your class? What are the three most important academic expectations for students who enter your class? What types of students with special needs do you feel this school is most successful with? Which students do you consider yourself most successful with? What one thing do you do with your class every week that you enjoy? How do you picture this school five years from now? If you could have one academic need met for your classroom this year, what would it be? Sample Questions for School-based Strength Assessment Questions to Ask Teachers about Students What is this student's favorite class? Who does the student admire most in the school? Peers? Staff? What type of activities does this student do for fun? What was the best day you can remember this student having in the past week? month? longer? What kind of future do see for this student if (s)he gets the right kind of supports? What if you could create any type of support for this student? What types of things would make him/her most successful academically? How do you remember this student on the first day of school? What is your classroom like? How does it compare with your previous classes? What one thing do you do with this student every week or two that you enjoy? What types of help would you find most useful in improving outcomes for this student. If you could have one goal met for this student within the next year what would it be?

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