The Park Slope School, Ps.282 is located in Park Slope Brooklyn. Ps.282 is a Kindergarten to eighth grade school full of diversity. The school’s staff was pleased to assist me with any of my needs. Although finding the right time to schedule an interview with the parent coordinator and guidance counselor was difficult, both parent coordinator and guidance counselor were more than willing to dedicate their time to focus on the interview. Ps.282 attempts to engage parent’s involvement in school using different methods. The school sends information home with the students for their parents. The same information that the students receive is posted on different bulletin boards around the school. There is a monthly Coffee Klatch with the principal …show more content…
There is a monthly open school morning that the PTO has in the auditorium for parents to come by and be informed about what is going on in the school. Various programs and grades offer workshops and meeting. Every Tuesday from 2:40pm- 4pm the school has that time frame allotted for parent engagement. Parents do not have to wait to meet with teacher on the two designated parents teachers conference. Each Tuesday, the parents can come in and meet with any of their child’s teachers without an appointment. The parents can discuss any concerns or issues regarding with their child’s academics or behaviors performance. Also, the school engages parents by using an electronic system called N-grade. N-grade is a parent portal where parents login and look at their child’s assignments. The portal shows their child’s assignment grades, missing assignments and assignments they can make up to earn back their grades. …show more content…
282 utilize fives after school community board organization. Super Smart Enrichment, Inc. program is offered from 2:40pm to 5:45pm and accepts student’s k-8th grades. Super Smart Enrichment Inc. works with local organizations, schools and parents to offer specialized enrichments led by artists, technologist and instructors who have a desire to work with children. The program includes snack, homework assistance, BRIC arts media, Bricks for Kids, Lego Jr. Robotics, music, coding and more. Super Fun Chess is offered from 2:40pm to 6pm and teaches grades Kindergarten to fifth grade the art of chess. Sport and Art Foundation (SASF) is strictly for the middle school population. The program includes snacks, homework assistance, sports and different types of art. Imani House is offered from 2:40pm to 6:30pm for Pre-k-5th grades. This low-cost program includes field trips, dance, music, performance art, academic enrichment, hot meals and more. The last after school program offered at Ps. 282 is Kids Orbit. Kids Obit is offered from 2:45pm to 6pm for pre-k- 5th graders. The program includes hot meals, academic assistance, field trips, performances, drama, dance, yoga, soccer and more. The school counseling department is linked with community agencies. Part of the counselor job description is to remain connected with the community agencies because parents rely on the counselor for addition resource for their child’s needs. The school is linked with the neighborhood social service agencies.
Today, W.J. Bryan is filled to capacity with twenty-two portables, also known as "Portable City", necessary to accommodate over 1,500 children from grades Pre-K through Fifth, who attend our facility. The Nora Brandt West Wing, added less than a year ago, was named after our previous principal, who retired in the summer of 1997. Here we find the Kindergarten and Academic Excellence classes (grades 1-5), as well as our renowned "Media Center", one of the most beautiful in the country.
These include Uno Charter Soccer Academy, Eric Solario High School, and Rachel Carson Elementary. These schools have outdoor space that is directly commissioned for student use and after school sports. Physical education programs are also a part of the school’s curriculum which helps reduce the childhood obesity factor. Finally, there are bus routes; # 49 Western, # 52 Kedzie/California, # 52 S. Kedzie, and the subway line that serve this community. These routes can be a link to the resources within and outside the communities that assist the population in reaching other more favorable food options or access to physical activity
The responsibilities of a professional school counselor are to design and deliver comprehensive programs to promote student achievement. The guidelines
For the fall two thousand and seventeen year, I was placed at Hokes Bluff Elementary School for my practicum. Hokes Bluff Elementary is one of eleven public elementary schools in the school district of Etowah County and has six hundred and eleven students enrolled. Hokes Bluff Elementary enrolls grade kindergarten through fifth grade. Hokes Bluff is one of many schools in the county that is a title 1 school. There objective as a title 1 school is to encourage accelerated learning, so every student can show growth and catch up to their peers. The number of full-time teachers at Hokes Bluff Elementary is 34.3, and that leaves Hokes Bluff Elementary with an 18:1 student-teacher ratio. Hokes Bluff Elementary is considered a large school. Out of the 611 students that Hokes Bluff has, 590 students which makes up 96.6% of the student population is Caucasian. There is
Mary Magnet Elementary School is creating this involvement plan to include parents in all aspects of the school. “The goal is a strong school-home partnership with teachers, principals, other staff, and the community that will help all students in the district to succeed (Rapides Parish Schools Title I ESEA District Family and Community Engagement Policy, n.d.)” It is important to get parents/caregivers and the community involved early on in order to provide students, teachers and schools the support needed to have a successful outcome. “Given the research, it is advisable for
Mrs. Kassandra Johnson is the founder of Good Grades Activity Center, which has been operational for over the last five years. The afterschool program takes place in the basement of The Holy Cross Church. The session runs from Monday to Thursday from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. Good Grades Activity Center is located in Maspeth and the students are of Polish descent. The majority of the students in the classroom come from middle class families. In the classroom, students range from kindergarten to grade five and are provided with instruction that is aligned to their curriculum. In the afterschool program, there are fifteen students, five girls and ten boys who attend regularly. In addition to the afterschool program taught by Mrs. Johnson, the church also teaches Polish classes to children on the weekends. The neighborhood is comprised of a multitude of ethnicities, which consists of Polish, Irish, Italian and Asian. The majority of the students taught by Mrs. Johnson attend schools in the area, such as P.S 58, I.S 73 and P.S 153.
Sarah Clark currently serves as the PTA president for Pooler Elementary School. She has two sons, who attend Pooler Elementary, one in third grade and one in fifth grade. Mrs. Clark and the family joined the Pooler Elementary bulldog family two years ago when the family relocated to Pooler from Virginia for her husband to take a job at Gulfstream. Mrs. Clark’s fellow parent volunteers describe her as compassionate, dedicated, honorable, and dependable. Teachers view her as an asset to the Pooler Elementary family, who goes above and beyond to make Pooler Elementary one of the the best little neighborhood schools in the United States.
Deciding to become a Student Guidance Counselor was not a fly by night decision. I did a great deal of reading and research before making a decision. I knew once I started a graduate program in School Guidance Counseling, it would be both challenging and a commitment until the end. I am somewhat nervous about this new journey that I am about to partake; however, I am ready to accept the challenge and make the commitment. I am a newly licensed teacher and there will be areas and terminology which I am not familiar. But, what I have found out thus far is that a teacher and a student counselor have quite a few things in common. They both work with other teachers, parents, school administrators, and the community in an academic setting. The skills I have acquired as a preschool director and teacher will be integrated into my career as a guidance counselor. I will have the skills to guide and enhance the social, academic, and personal growth of my students by using a variety of strategies which will be my primary goal. I will be able t...
The students consistently score well on statewide tests, and they are well prepared for high school and beyond. But the School Building Committee and School Administration, after looking at multiple sites, touring other schools and reviewing multiple options, realized that a new school has substantial advantages over renovating and adding to the existing school. A new building will furnish teachers with the tools necessary to meet the growing needs of our student population. Individualized instructional spaces for English Language Learners and students with special needs will allow these students to receive the specialized instruction they require to make appropriate progress and keep up with their grade level peers. Additionally, the new building will provide the infrastructure to integrate modern technology into the educational program, supporting students as they utilize software to develop concepts and permitting teachers to use programs that can target specific student needs and learning styles. Group spaces in the building will bring teams of student together to collaborate on school projects or attend presentations. In today’s global economy students must have the skills needed to conduct research, work in teams, and effectively deliver presentations. A new Tisbury School will provide the staff with the tools to prepare students for success in high
The school is a popular non-denominational 11-18 Comprehensive High School for girls, with some boys in the Sixth Form. There are approximately 1670 students on roll with the Sixth Form making up 370 of this number. The school, formerly on three sites in a leafy, middle class suburb, has occupied a new single site PFI funded building on the outskirts of Wallasey since 2003. The change in location means that the school now serves a more diverse socio-economic catchment area, including Birkenhead North. The new nature of the student intake reflects this. The school now has a higher than average numbers of girls who are entitled to free school meals. The majority of students are White British but the school also has students with English as an additional language. As a comprehensive, the school caters well for students with learning difficulties and physical disabilities and even though the proportion of students with identified learning difficulties is the same as those found nationally the school currently has fewer students with SEN statements than in previous years.
The organization I work for is a nursing home management company. That’s the simple definition. Health Services Management Group manages of the operations of eleven (11) skilled nursing facilities (SNF), and three (3) home health agencies (HHA). Each of the SNFs and HHAs are operated/licensed by a single purpose entity. Of these long term care providers, one (1) SNF and two (2) HHAs are operated as non-profit organizations. The purpose of the non-profit providers, ultimately, is to fund The Trousdale School. “Trousdale School serves high functioning adults with intellectual disabilities, providing academics and life skills for the purpose of learning independence.” 1
On Friday October 10, 2014 I visited MacAfee Elementary school. The Guide counselor Bonnie Kudwitt, who takes place of the principle when he’s not in the building; she took me and other classmate a trip to show us the whole school. The school was very small it held 400 students from PR-K through fourth grade; from inside it’s like a U shape with a tale. One side it had the third and fourth grade and the other side had PR-K, first and second and the tale it was the gym and the cafeteria. At 8:50 we waited outside the school with Mrs. Bonnie to great the students and get them in the building. I really like what Mrs. Bonnie does every morning she has smile and her face and she know most of the student’s name.
In the past, Sam’s family has not been very supportive. However we know that parental feedback can greatly help assess a strategy that has been trialed with a student. By getting Sam’s parents on board with monitoring his academic and social behavior, the teacher can thoroughly assess Sam’ progress and the effectiveness of the introduced strategies, with their feedback.
Involving parents with school activities will benefit the school parent and the child. Teachers will have more help and will know the children closely if the parents are involved. Children feel happy and secure to see their parents around and it makes them confident too. We can start the involvement by inviting parents as volunteers for story reading and school outings. The importance of parental involvement is stressed in Lev Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory which states parents, caregivers, peers, and the culture at large were responsible for developing higher order functions. On the other hand, parents will also have a sense of inclusion in their child’s development process. Parents will share more family time and bonding with their young kids which supports the child’s psychological needs
National PTA (2012, September). Parents' Guide to Student Success. Retrieved September 6, 2013, from http://pta.org/files/2012_NPTA_PG-4thGrade.pdf