My private SERT
GRADES 11 & 12 ONTARIO
The supports end at graduation. The need doesn't.
Private Special Education support for students heading to college, university, or an apprenticeship — so the accommodations that work in high school are already in place on the first day of the next one.
25+
Years certified with the Ontario College of Teachers
18+
Years in Special Education
5+
Years in secondary school guidance
1 on 1
Every student worked with directly
What a private SERT actually does
A Special Education Resource Teacher who works for your family — with the time the school system doesn't have.
| Documentation review |
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| Reading the diagnosis and the current IEP closely, checking that this year's accommodations match what the student actually needs, and liaising with the secondary school if they don't. |
| Accessibility Services, before September |
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| Registering with Student Accessibility Services at the chosen college or university, getting the documentation accepted, and sitting in on the first meeting so accommodations are live on day one. |
| Course selection that holds up |
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| Grade 11 is where the doors quietly open or close. Timetables checked, prerequisites confirmed against the intended pathway, changes requested while there is still time to make them. |
| Working habits that transfer |
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| Breaking assignments into pieces with real dates, starting the task that keeps getting postponed, preparing for tests and exams, and building memory aids where the IEP supports them. |
| Applications, start to finish |
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| OUAC, OCAS, OSAP, residence, and scholarship applications — deadlines tracked, forms completed properly, and every email in the inbox read and answered on time. |
| Self-advocacy |
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| Nobody follows a student into a lecture hall with an IEP. The goal is a young adult who can explain what they need, to whom, and when — long before they have to do it alone. |
Grade by grade
The work is different in each year. Grade 11 sets up the pathway. Grade 12 walks it.
Grade 11 — setting the pathway
Course selection and timetable reviewed against post-secondary requirements
Course changes requested where the current schedule doesn't fit the plan
Organizational systems the student will actually keep using
Assignments broken into stages with dates; extensions requested when warranted
Written communication skills — the emails and requests that come next year
Preparation for tests, quizzes, and exams
Directed course selection for Grade 12
Grade 12 — walking it
Everything above, continued
OUAC and OCAS applications, submitted correctly and on time
OSAP, residence, and scholarship applications — school-based and broad-based
Email management: nothing important left unread or unanswered
Contact made with Student Accessibility Services at the chosen institution
Documentation confirmed as complete and accepted
Transition meetings arranged and attended
One student at a time.
Twenty-five years in York Region public secondary schools — special education and guidance — now available privately, during the daytime hours when schools and accessibility offices are actually open.