Academic and Social Support System (AS3)

The Academic and Social Support System (AS3) developed at the Center for Urban School Improvement is a process whereby school staff collaborate to identify, strategize, and implement interventions that address a multitude of issues that act as barriers to teaching and learning. These barriers may include academic, social/behavioral, medical, attendance, and family issues for individual students. Before AS3 student consultation meetings, teachers must assess each of their students by analyzing academic and behavioral data to determine the students to be discussed by the AS3 team. During the AS3 student consultation meeting, the team reviews a large amount of information in order to identify and properly intervene on various issues. Similarly, at follow-up meetings, the team revisits this information to determine progress and subsequent steps.

The activities that comprise the AS3 process can be organized in the following four steps:

1. Pre-Consultation Meeting (student identification/referral through the universal progress review, data gathering, scheduling)
2. AS3 Student Consultation Meeting (data analysis and intervention planning)
3. Post Consultation Meeting Implementation (documentation of services and progress, administrative oversight)
4. Follow-Up Consultation Meeting (data presentation and analysis)