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SECONDARY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING A NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LEARNING

NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING OUR GOALS ▸ Help ALL students meet their full academic, social and emotional potential. ▸ Provide proactive support to our non-traditional learners ▸ Integrate social-emotional learning into the academic curriculum

NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING WHY WE ARE HERE ‣ Some students are limited by the traditional classroom environment. ‣ All students deserve to realize their full potential academically, socially, and emotionally. WE BELIEVE ‣ We must take a proactive approach to supporting our non-traditional students. ‣ We can offer an alternative to the traditional learning environment to maximize student growth and engagement. ‣ Social-emotional learning must be integrated into the academic curriculum. ‣ All students, but particularly non-traditional learners, need access to elective offerings, in addition to academic and social emotional supports, in order to be engaged in school and have social connections with peers. ‣ Every student deserves to learn at high levels! ‣

Ladue Middle School December 10, 2018 Non-Traditional Approaches to Teaching and Learning


 LMS:NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING LMS MISSION AND OBJECTIVES LMS Mission Statement ‣ All students will learn at high levels because of what we do. LMS Objectives ‣ All students, staff, and families will feel a sense of belonging to the Ladue Middle School community. 
 ‣ Each student’s performance will be at or above grade level. 
 ‣ Every student will demonstrate behaviors characteristic of responsible citizens.

LMS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING DRIVERS OF CHANGE ‣ Flexible Programming ‣ Embedded intervention time ‣ Opportunities for exploration ‣ Transition supports

LMS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING LMS LEAP ACADEMY ▸ L earn ▸ E ngage ▸ A chieve ▸ P repare

LMS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING ACADEMIC SUPPORTS Tier 1 ‣ Interdisciplinary teams ‣ 1:1 Access to technology ‣ Common assessments ‣ Study support classes Tier 2/3 ‣ Special School District classes ‣ Math and reading intervention ‣ English as a Second Language instruction ‣ Problem-solving team referrals ‣ Gifted program (Apogee) ‣ After school tutorials

LMS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS Tier 1 ‣ School wide delivery of building interventions ‣ Class meetings ‣ Citizenship expectations and grading ‣ Grade level counselors ‣ CHADS presentation Tier 2/3 ‣ Individual and group counseling ‣ Problem-solving team ‣ Special School District supports ‣ REFOCUS room

LMS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING SCHOOL CONNECTION SUPPORTS Tier 1 ‣ Middle school teaming concept ‣ Class meetings bi-weekly ‣ After school activities Tier 2/3 ‣ Mentor-mentee club, affinity groups, gay- straight alliance (GSA) ‣ Leadership groups and opportunities

LMS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING WHERE ARE THE GAPS? Academics ‣ Low/falling grades ‣ Lack of organizational skills Social, Emotional, Behavioral ‣ Challenges with unstructured settings (lunch, passing time, before/after school, etc.) ‣ Attendance concerns ‣ Behavioral referrals

LMS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING PROGRAM FRAMEWORK ‣ Two-person team with integrated instruction and blended learning ‣ 7th and 8th graders (25-30 total) ‣ Students identified through teaming process ‣ Tier 3 intervention put into place after other interventions have not been successful ‣ Flexible entry and exit points (quarterly) ‣ Fewer transitions and less unstructured time ‣ High school transition supports

LMS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING STUDENT IDENTIFICATION ‣ Identified through the Care Team process ‣ Data that will be used: ‣ Academic ‣ Social-emotional ‣ Disciplinary

LMS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING LMS LEAP ACADEMY IS NOT… ‣ For students with significant behavioral challenges ‣ Meant to replace special education supports ‣ For student on long-term suspension ‣ A watered-down, “easy” curriculum ‣ A program with low expectations ‣ A “dumping ground” ‣ A gateway to the LHWHS non-traditional program (Ladue LEADS)

LMS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING ROLE OF THE DEDICATED BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST For LMS LEAP For the Building as a Whole ‣ To provide ongoing training and ‣ To teach daily lessons and run supports to staff on building initiatives groups ‣ To collaborate with counselors and other ‣ To provide one-on-one support interventionists, and support staff ‣ To offer guidance to teachers and ‣ To help develop a systematic support staff structure for students ‣ To collect and analyze data ‣ To collaborate with the Problem Solving Team with the identification of students ‣ To build trust and form and implementation of interventions relationships with students, ‣ To be proactive in establishing parents and staff relationships and providing advocacy for students who aren’t thriving prior to ‣ To provide supports and needing supports through the LEAP education for parents and families program

SECONDARY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING A NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LEARNING

LADUE LEADS ACADEMY Ms. Maria Durham, Mrs. Wendy Guhr, Mr. Hank Harrison, 
 Ms. Kelley Krejnik, Dr. Beth Rapoff, and Dr. Allen Weltig 
 December 10, 2018

LHWHS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING LADUE LEADS ACADEMY DEFINED ‣ We will offer an alternative to the traditional learning environment to maximize students’ growth and engagement. ▸ L eadership ▸ E mpowerment ▸ A chievement ▸ D rive ▸ S ocial Responsibility

LHWHS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING LADUE LEADS ACADEMY VISION AND MISSION VISION Students in the Ladue LEADS Academy will be positive, productive, and prepared to fulfill their post-secondary goals. MISSION The Ladue LEADS Academy supports Ladue Horton Watkins High School’s mission by offering a smaller environment with individual supports aimed at nurturing confidence, pro-social behaviors, character, leadership skills, and academic achievement so students establish healthy goals and find success in high school and beyond.

LHWHS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING LADUE LEADS ACADEMY OVERARCHING GOALS 1.Create a personalized plan for each student to help him/her reach post- secondary goals. 2.Prepare students to become resilient and self-reliant. 3.Help students learn to identify their strengths and passions. 4.Provide embedded social emotional supports and curriculum.

STUDENT PROFILES WELLNESS-FOCUSED Student wants/needs support to balance the demands of school with their social and emotional wellness. CAREER- COLLEGE- GRADUATION- FOCUSED FOCUSED FOCUSED Student wants to Student wants Student wants pursue a career to graduate to attend a 2- or attend a early or on-time year community and needs to technical school college or a 4- obtain immediately year university. necessary credit following high to do so. school.

LHWHS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING LADUE LEADS ACADEMY IS NOT… ▸ An easy way to earn ▸ A special education program credit or a replacement for special education services ▸ A watered-down curriculum ▸ A behavior intervention program ▸ A program with low expectations ▸ For students on long-term suspension ▸ A “dumping ground” ▸ A transition program for incoming freshmen

LHWHS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING CURRENT LHWHS TIER 1 SUPPORTS ‣ Seminar/Link Crew ‣ Study Hall ‣ Google Classroom ‣ Course Syllabi ‣ 1:1 Technology ‣ Planners ‣ Posted Classroom Agendas and Objectives ‣ Common 9th-Grade Experience for Many Courses ‣ Consistent Counselor and Administrator for All 4 Years

LHWHS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING CURRENT LHWHS TIER 2 AND TIER 3 SUPPORTS ‣ Team-taught Literature and Composition ‣ Team-taught Composition and Reading Analysis ‣ Reading Strategies ‣ S.M.A.R.T. Lab I & II ‣ Math Skills Enrichment

LHWHS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING SUMMARY OF CURRENT SUPPORTS 9-12 ‣ 10th-12th Grade ‣ 9th Grade 
 ‣ Team-taught Literature ‣ Team-taught Composition/ and Composition Reading Analysis ‣ Seminar/Link Crew ‣ Seminar ‣ Reading Strategies ‣ Reading Strategies ‣ Math Skills Enrichment ‣ Math Skills Enrichment ‣ S.M.A.R.T. Lab I & II ‣ Study Hall

LHWHS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING HOW IS LADUE LEADS ACADEMY DIFFERENT? Delivery of Instruction ‣ Smaller class sizes ‣ Standards-based grading ‣ Team approach to instruction ‣ Personalized post-secondary plans

LHWHS: NON-TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING HOW IS LADUE LEADS ACADEMY DIFFERENT? Social-Emotional Learning and Support ▸ Integrated, ongoing ▸ Care-Team trained staff ▸ Transferable relationship-building skills ▸ Study support/organization/goal setting