Primary Services

Remedial Services Provided by a Teacher

      NESI’s teacher will teach in your school at an assigned educationally appropriate location. If your school cannot provide furniture, NESI will coordinate with MPS to secure furniture for the Title I classroom. NESI will supply the teaching materials and supplies, etc. for the classroom.

     The teacher will coordinate with each principal/teacher for scheduling services to minimize interruptions in the regular program. The teacher will work with groups of 2-6 children. Eligible students are selected based upon test scores, teacher recommendations, or other diagnostic information. Potential students are ranked according to need with the lowest performing students served first.
Elements of NESI’s reading program (includes language arts) are briefly summarized in the pyramid diagram. Each higher section in this pyramid represents more complex skills; however, the sequential arrangement of these skills does not designate teaching order. NESI teachers will use diagnostic instruments to identify the instructional reading level of each student, coordinate with the regular classroom teacher for specific skills development and then select appropriate curriculum materials to supplement the regular classroom instruction.

      NESI’s mathematics program promotes understanding of fundamental concepts of number and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis and probability, problem solving, reasoning and proof, communication, connections, and representation. Proficiency in mathematical skills and problem solving is also stressed. Students are guided to achieve more than mere mastery of computational skills; they learn to understand the mathematical concepts underlying the skills and to apply those skills to problem-solving situations. In the Title I program, students are active participants in the learning process. They explore, speculate, and think. When they learn from meaningful experiences, they are more likely to retain the new knowledge. NESI teachers strive to provide experiences for students to make sense of mathematics, to view and use it as a tool for reasoning and problem solving.

      For both reading and mathematics, the NESI teachers perform a complete diagnostic workup to determine each student’s specific needs. A Personalized Instruction Plan (PIP) is developed for each student. The PIP is periodically reviewed by the regular classroom teacher and the parents or guardians of the student.

      Our program is deliberately designed to be flexible to meet the needs of each private school and participating student. We do not believe an instructional approach with a canned program and a rigid curriculum can be successful in a nonpublic school.

      NESI assesses the program in a number of ways. Initially, we diagnose student specific needs and develop a PIP for each student. The student’s PIP is updated quarterly with the progress of the child. NESI also assesses a number of achievement indicators for reading and math. These are supplemented with regular teacher communication forms with assessment of each child’s progress, principal surveys, and parent surveys. NESI instructional supervisors monitor and evaluate teacher performance on a regular basis and apply current research strategies for teaching remedial reading and math in their comments and reviews of teacher performance. NESI will provide end of the year student progress reports to each school.