School Placements

1. School Placements Helynn Boughner EDU 674 Prof. Klein

2. Home Schooling Gifted Programs Traditional Classroom Pull Out/Push In Services Special Education School (Non-Residential) Educational Hospital Program Dual Language and Ell Programs Self-Contained Classroom Therapeutic /Residential Treatment Center Resource Room

3. Traditional Classrooms In this setting, traditional learning typically takes place in an identifiable classroom space, usually in a school or in an institution dedicated to learning. A traditional classroom usually has a number of specific features, including: an instructor who delivers information to students a number of students who are all physically present in the classroom and regularly meet at a specific time student participation in lectures and discussions student performance is usually measured through. assignments, tests, and exams

4. Home Schooling Homeschooling is an alternative to public or private schools. Parents purchase the textbooks for all subjects and follow much of the same practices as traditional schools. Parents also have the option of educating their children at home using a variety of methods: “Unschooling or Child-Led Education” is when you follow your children's natural interests & curiosities to educate them. Classical Approach or Trivium. This approach goes back to the old ways of teaching, concentrating on the basics, classic languages such as Latin & Greek, & higher order thinking skills. The Montessori Method is named after its founder, Maria Montessori. This method is very natural & uses a lot of manipulatives.

5. Gifted Programs A Talented and Gifted program is an academic program that caters to excelling students. The program may be found in various forms in schools around the world, often with the name "Talented and Gifted" (TAG) or "Gifted and Talented Education" (GATE). Availability and quality of formal programs varies from place to place. Classes may either be in the form of more challenging, in depth or advanced courses, or in the form of a regularly scheduled seminar that covers extracurricular material.

6. Pull Out and Push In Services A student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) should specify whether services are to be provided in the classroom or out of the classroom setting. Services provided in the classroom, are generally referred to as “push-in” services. Pull-Out services generally occur when a teacher or therapist works with a child individually outside of the classroom, or in another room, school gym or even in the hallway. The location of service is determined by many factors, including the child’s level of distractibility and the skills being addressed. Sometimes a combination of push-in and pull-out is preferred.

7. Special Education Are schools that focus primarily on special education, and use materials and instructional approaches adapted to meet the students' needs. Special education is the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials, accessible settings, and other interventions designed to help learners with special needs achieve a higher level of personal self-sufficiency and success in school and community than would be available if the student were only given access to a typical classroom education. Students with special needs, such as learning differences, mental health issues, specific disabilities (physical or developmental), and giftedness are those whose needs are addressed within the classroom setting.

8. Educational Hospital Programs Offers students with medical needs which cause them significant periods away from school an alternative to learning by providing continuity of education suited to their needs, ability, age and health at that time. These programs aim to provide a broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum consistent with the national curriculum; and to work in partnership with parents, educational and medical Professionals to minimize the interruption and disruption to education.

9. Self –ContainedClassrooms A classroom setting in which children with special needs are placed with other children with similar needs.

10. Therapeutic Residential Treatment Centers Residential treatment centers take a multi-faceted approach to addressing a multitude of problems that extend beyond the classroom and into a child's daily life with his or her family, peers, and the rest of the world. Many educators feel that residential treatment should be considered only after less intense interventions have either been tried or ruled out. Anytime a family can address their needs and those of their child through less expensive and intrusive means, they should pursue those avenues. Residential treatment centers are typically designed to house, treat, and educate children whose problems are severe enough that they require an environment that is supervised 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

11. Dual Language and ELL Programs Dual Language Program: The goal of these two-way or developmental, bilingual programs is for students to develop language proficiency in two languages by receiving instruction in English and another language in a classroom that is usually comprised of half native English speakers and half native speakers of the other language. ELL: English language learner. This term is often preferred over limited-English-proficient (LEP) as it highlights accomplishments rather than deficits. English as a Second Language (ESL): A program of techniques, methodology and special curriculum designed to teach ELL students English language skills, which may include listening, speaking, reading, writing, study skills, content vocabulary, and cultural orientation. ESL instruction is usually in English with little use of native language.

12. Resource Room A resource room is a separate special educationclassroom in a regular school where some students with educational disabilities receive direct, specialized instruction as individuals or in small groups. These classrooms are staffed by special education teachers and sometimes educational assistants. Teachers focus on particular goals as mandated by "Individualized Education Programs" and remediate general education curriculum. Some research has suggested these classrooms are of particular benefit to students with language-based learning disabilities.