OES | Lower School Counseling Academic Support

The OES Student Support Team works alongside teachers, students, and parents to create inclusive, safe, and supportive learning environments where students can grow, learn, and thrive. We emphasize our students’ strengths while empowering them to be capable learners who take risks, self-monitor, self-advocate, and develop resiliency. Operating from a holistic perspective, we recognize that a positive and successful educational experience ensures that a student’s academic, social, and emotional needs are met. Through thoughtful collaboration and planning, the OES Student Support Team honors individual learning styles and differences, embracing a diverse learning community. The OES Student Support Team is composed of the Director of Student Support along with a Learning Support Specialist and a School Counselor for each Division.

Monika Soennichsen

Titles: Lower School Counselor

Email:

Ari Sternberg

Titles: Lower School Learning Specialist

Email:

Phone Numbers:
School: 503-416-9246

School Counselor Support
Learning Support

School Counselor Support

Lower School Counselor

Counseling–Provides professional assistance and support for students (short term responsive services) and small groups during times of transition, heightened stress, or other situations impeding student success.
Collaboration–Works with teachers, OES staff, specialists, administrators, parents, middle school transitions, and the community to support student academic achievement, social-emotional learning, and wellness.
Consultation– Consults and collaborates with parents, teachers, other educators, outpatient counselors, and community organizations in support of student social, emotional, and academic growth and success.
Resource and Referrals–Recognizes and responds to student mental health needs and assists students and families seeking resources and referrals.
Instruction–Teaches the school counseling curriculum to all students through the lens of equity, inclusion, social/emotional learning, wellness, social skills, and mindsets and behaviors for student success (pre-K through 5th grade).
Academic Readiness–Ensures that students have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to achieve social, emotional and academic success and social/emotional development.

Learning Support

Lower School Learning Support Specialist

Works with teachers to determine student needs, provides assessments, referrals, and facilitates the process of outside evaluations for families.
Translates testing results and recommendations into easily understood and applicable terms, creates and manages implementation of strategies for students, teachers, advisors and parents.
Develops and maintains a database of and serves as school liaison to outside learning resources such as tutors, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists and Psychologists.
Consults with teachers about alternative methods of instruction and assessment for students.
Supports families in their development of home learning plans.
Provides limited direct small group instruction to students to support continuity of instruction.
Tracks and documents individual student learning needs and progress to facilitate teacher efficacy.
Develops, organizes, and executes contiguous extended time exam schedule during Standardized Testing.
Helps facilitate smooth transitions between divisions by sharing information about students and ensuring consistency in strategies and accommodations;
Collaborates with the LS Student Support Team, including attending weekly meetings and developing student support plans.

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