Community Based Instruction A to Z Gordon County Schools Calhoun, Georgia Rigor, Relevance, Relationships
Expected Outcomes • As a result of this activity, the participant will: - list tools and resources that will facilitate a successful CBI program. - integrate standards based activities into community outings. - summarize what CBI is and why it is crucial for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
Gordon County • Calhoun- Northwest Georgia • Size C system - Approximately 800 Students with IEPs • 3 ESS Administrators • 1 Parent Mentor/Social Worker • 10 schools; College and Career Academy • 75% Free and Reduced /Economic Disadvantaged • 13.9 Unemployment Rate • SWD Graduation Rate: 78.4%
ID Program • 3 PreK Classes • 5 elementary classes • 3 middle school classes • 5 high school classes
Community Based Instruction CBI Community Based Instruction’s main purpose is to train students in a natural community environment to live, work, and recreate as independently as possible.
Gordon County • Gordon County Schools established its first Community Based Instruction in 1990. • 75-100 participants per year. • 2 components • Community Based Instruction • Community Based Vocational Instruction
Expectations for CBI • CBI is not a field trip. • CBI is comprised of teaching opportunities with targeted instruction on a consistent basis. • CBI is measured by ongoing data collection with analysis.
Expectations for CBI • Community • Purchasing/Stores and Services, Community Resources, Banking • Social Skills • Public Greeting, Personal Space, Impulse Control, Seeking Help, Feeling Upset/Frustrated in Public • Leisure Recreation • Preferred Activities, Participation Group Activity
Expectations for CBI • Personal Management • Mobility, Domestic Skills, Accessing Services, Independent Living Skills • Academics • Math, Reading, Science and Social Studies • Vocational • Pre-Vocation Readiness Skills, How to Interact with Co- workers
Our Approach Community Develop Procedures Execution Collaboration Lessons
Establishing Procedures • Written Guidelines • Training • Permission Forms • Funds • Outing Requests • Transportation
Procedures • Gordon County School Procedures for Implementing Community Based Instruction and Community Based Vocational Instruction
Training • Mandatory Training in August • Share procedures • Set expectations
Expectations • CBI is not a field trip. • Teaching opportunity with targeted instruction. • Based on individual student needs • Parents do not typically attend.
Procedures for Community Outings • Outing Requests • Complete outing request with lesson plan, submit 2 weeks prior to outing • Transportation • Scheduled through the ESS office • Notification of Trip • Sent to parents prior to trip • School/Coordinator email day of outing
Procedures for Worksites • ESS Office negotiates contracts with local business and agency’s in July/August. • ESS Coordinator provides training for all job coaches. • ESS Coordinator and teachers work together to assign work site placements. • Parents notified and must give permission for work site placement. • Review of data collection procedures
Staff Procedures • Supervision • Professional Conduct • Emergency Procedures • Discipline Procedures
Permission Forms • Notice Regarding Community Based Vocation Instruction Program • Parental Permission for CBI • Parental Permission for placement at work site • Parental Permission for Photographing Community Based Instruction • Emergency Care Card • KEPT WITH TEACHER AT ALL TIMES
Scheduling CBI: Pre-K and Elementary- 1 trip per semester Middle School- 2 trips per semester High School- 2 trips per month CBVI: High School- Job sites weekly, M/W/F 90 minutes
Outing Requests • Submitted by the teacher a minimum of 2 weeks prior to the outing • Includes: Date, location, departure time, arrival time, number of students, number of supervisors, and lesson plan. • Approved by CBI coordinator and moved to processing for transportation.
Transportation • Scheduled through the ESS Office • Drivers • Fuel
Community Collaboration • It’s vital to form partnerships with local businesses and venues. • If an issues arises during an outing, its imperative to address it. • 99% positive interactions • Outings are a teaching tool for students and community members.
Work Sites • Calhoun Bowling Center • Food Lion • Walmart • David Day Care • Gordon County Health Care • Tallatoona Head Start • Hair Port • Ingles • Arby’s • Ramada Limited • Shoney’s • Voluntary Action Center • Calhoun First Baptist Church • Long Horn • Gordon County Schools • Chick-fil-A
Developing Lessons Know your Community Identify Skills and Standards Generalization of Skills
Know Your Community • What does your town have to offer? • Look past the obvious • What can your students learn at each location?
Gordon County Public Service • Fire Department • Post Office • Hospital • Nursing Home • Court House • George Chamber’s Resource Center • Sherriff's Department • Airport • DMV • Goodwill • Calhoun Library
Gordon County Community • Walmart, Kmart, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Ingles, Food Lion, Piggly Wiggly • Tanger Outlet Mall • Fast food and locally owned restaurants • Long Horn, Cracker Barrel, IHOP • Banks • GA Electric Company
Gordon County Recreation • Salacoa Creek Park • Calhoun Bowling Center • Camp Sunrise • Kidz Play • Recreation Department • A Birthday Spot • New Echota • Payne Farm • Harris Arts Center • Cooper Creek • Gem Theater
Identify Student Skills • Talk with student • Talk with parents • Review data
Identify Standards • Look at your grade level standards for ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies • Identify standards that connect to different locations.
Develop Plan • Contact business, venue, public service • Plan specific lesson for that outing including individual student skills that will be targeted along with GPS standards. • Identify what you need before hand • How will you utilize AT?
Generalization • In the weeks proceeding the CBI outing, teach specific skills from the standards and IEP objectives. • Mock Grocery Store • Addressing envelopes, placing stamps. • Previewing menus • Ordering • Paying • Using AT
Data Collection • Ongoing formal data collection • Observation • Work Sample
Examples
Dairy Queen • Ordering from menu • Staying within budget • Paying for items • Social Greetings • Using AT device
Copper Creek Farms • MGSE6.SP.4- Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots. • Pumpkin Dot Plot
Food Lion MGSE6.NS.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
Camp Sunrise Planetarium • S6E1-Students will explore current scientific views of the universe and how those views evolved.( b. ) Describe the position of the solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy and the universe.
Calhoun Fire Department • 8 th Grade Standard- • SC2 Students will relate how the Law of Conservation of Matter is used to determine chemical composition in compounds and chemical reactions. • a. Identify and balance the following types of chemical equations: • Synthesis • Decomposition • Single Replacement • Double Replacement • Combustion • b. Experimentally determine indicators of a chemical reaction specifically precipitation, gas evolution, water production, and changes in energy to the system.
Gordon Hospital • S7L.2. Student will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. • E. Explain the purpose of the major organ systems in the human body (i.e., digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, movement, control, and coordination, and for protection from disease.)
Payne Farm • Student picked strawberries during community outing. • Made homemade ice cream upon the return to school.
New Echota • SS8H5-The student will explain significant factors that affected the development of Georgia as part of growth of the United States between 1789 and 1840. • D. Analyze the events that led to the removal of Creeks and Cherokees
Calhoun Pet Care Clinic • MCC6RP1: Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. Example, ratio of dogs to cats in a pet shop.
Community Based Vocational Instruction (CBVI) • Trains students in work and life skills in natural environments, including community businesses. • Integrates students with non-disabled co-workers, supervisors, and customers. • Focuses on classroom activities that improve independent living skills. • Focuses on classroom activities that improve performance at the community work site.
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