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Small Learning Community: Middle Schools (MS). A Framework. Small Learning Community. Houses or Grade Centers. Coring (6 th -Grade). Teaming (7 th -8 th Grade). Terms ( from the Concept Paper ). Small learning Community House Plan Coring Team-teaching. Small Learning Community.
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A Framework Small Learning Community Houses or Grade Centers Coring (6th-Grade) Teaming (7th-8th Grade)
Terms(from the Concept Paper) • Small learning Community • House Plan • Coring • Team-teaching
Small Learning Community • Separate learning unit within a school • Students, teachers, and staff grouped together • Common space
House Plan • Also Grade Centers • Students and teachers grouped together in smaller groups • Students are cored; share the same teachers • Own discipline policies, etc. • Share departments, curriculum, other programs with the larger school
Coring • 6th Grade • English/History • Mathematics/Science • Refer to LAUSD’s policy bulletin on the 6th-Grade core
Team-teaching • 7th and 8th grade • A team of teachers share students and collaboratively plan their instruction and curriculum
SAMPLE MODELS • English Only • English Learner • Students in the Developmental Reader and Writer Course (DRWC) • And other learners