Redwood Day believes that students with different learning profiles enrich the community. From this perspective, Redwood Day advocates for and supports students and families as they navigate mild learning differences and neurodiversity in grades K-8.
In our school-wide learning support model, our Learning Services team provides differentiated and coordinated strength-based support to students, families, and teachers in order to nurture and sustain optimal growth and progress in learning. Fostering strong partnerships with families through ongoing communication, collaboration, and parent/guardian education is foundational to Learning Services at Redwood Day. In coordination with faculty, Learning Services also facilitates students’ development of strategies over time that allow them to demonstrate independence and agency in the learning process.
In the Lower School, students with documented learning plans receive support through accommodations and differentiation strategies specific to needs across the program. Our Lower School Learning and Reading Specialists pull out small groups of students and push into classrooms to work alongside teachers to differentiate instruction and to ensure that students are learning in their Optimal Learning Zones.
LS Learning SERVICES FACULTY
Sarah Porzig
Lower School Learning Specialist
Lauren Rhizor
Lower School Learning and Reading Specialist
