May is a time of reviewing goals, deciding whether objectives are promoting progress, strategies and supports are working. It‘s also a continued time of supporting transitions. As always, timelines are suggested approximations intended to be fluid and flexible, recognizing caseloads vary, experience in the role can be a factor, and you may be in the midst of new learning (e.g. CB-IEPs). Being responsive to and compassionate with ourselves, our colleagues and our students is the most important item on our agenda. 
LST Timeline

Earlier this year, we reiterated the 3 bests steps we take in decision-making: pausing, gathering understanding, then acting. Gathering understanding takes time we often feel we don‘t have, AND prioritizing this time, short-term, most effectively improves long-term success. As Archbishop Desmond Tutu so insightfully said, “We need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they‘re falling in.” 

To support you in collating all of the information here are two template options for File Reviews and Collaborative Planning. When we summarize and hold the most important information together at a glance, we are able to understand trends, goals we may want to set, objectives we know would be supportive, and strategies that might work, among other realizations. When we better understand our kids, their context and experiences, their identities and learning, we are in a better position to effectively act to truly make positive, lasting change with them.