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Grades K-8 Program
K-8 PROGRAM OVERVIEW
PROGRAM VISION: To promote therapeutic supports, standards-based instruction, high behavioral expectations, and positive relationships with students, parents, staff and the community.
PROGRAM MISSION: To provide students an engaging learning environment with opportunities to practice learned skills while making appropriate behavioral choices.
OBJECTIVES FOR GRADE 7/8: For the 2010/11 school year we will make improvements. We will strive to have both students and teachers walk into our school with smiles on their faces daily. We will do this by motivation and acknowledgement of hard work and dedication to our program. The following activities are in place for our student and teacher participation:
MATH CHALLENGE: We will connect students through the universal language of mathematics by solving real world examples of math in their own environments. From this, students will be able to understand the importance of math in their everyday lives.
SPELLING BEE: We will have monthly competitions with the opportunity for students to display their talent as spellers. This is also a chance for other students to see the benefits of becoming a good speller. All the students enjoy competing with their classmates and friends.
R.O.C. Green Project :(Restoring Our Community): A community service project designed to address enhancements to our environment. This project provides students with the knowledge necessary to help create an eco-friendly environment.
READING PROGRAM: The students will learn to read for information and how to perform a task. We are working toward creating a community of independent readers, creative writers and critical thinkers. This will be accomplished through:
1. Word Study
2. Comprehension strategies of making connections, asking questions and making inferences
3. Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program (for non-readers)
4. Writing- the writing process, text features, text structures
5. The Dictionary Project-each student receives a dictionary
6. Novel Project-Each class will read a novel and complete a project.
OBJECTIVES FOR K-6 PROGRAM:
Strong Staff Communication with Students, Parents and Other Employees at our School: Acccomplished through monthly newsletters highlighting all activities, program successes, innovative approaches to education and classroom events relative to instruction.
Motivate Students Through the Level System and Recognize Model Behavior As Well as Model Learning: Each day the program starts with a brief daily morning meeting by using "pull-ups." This, coupled with the association to monthly character education words has helped students to realize their innate potential to succeed. Students continue to be motivated as well as reflective, often "pulling up" others who attempt to assist them through difficult moments. Students submit monthly essays, acrostic poems and pictures that reflect each month's character education word.
Connect With Students and Staff on a Daily Basis: The Principal visits each classroom daily as a form of check-in for staff as well as students. This assists with identifying potential struggles as well as communicating with staff and students. This becomes part of a normal day so that the Principal's presence isn't viewed as "getting into trouble."
Establish Early Contact With Each Parent/Guardian: A high priority for the first quarter is to met with parents/guardians and return all phone calls within 24 hours. To date, there have been 12 parent meetings which occurred as a result of student misbehavior. During those meetings, the therapist, all teachers as well as the behavior specialist are involved. Concerns and behavioral expectations are discussed in detail and a behavioral agreement is developed to help remind the student of key areas to be worked on during each day.
Strive to Incorporate a Community of Purposeful Communicators: The clinical therapists within this program will facilitate workshops on therapeutic communication with our teaching staff. This is especially critical for our young students, many of whom are not only exposed to violence and neglect, but also act out violently.
Monitor All Student Individual Behavior Goals (IBG's): Each teacher will identify and submit student IBG's during the first quarter. Program Director monitors for usefulness and student progress during the remainder of the year.
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