Sarahrae Kumka !

SDL
LEAP - transitions and futures locally developed programs

LEAP
- Literacy Enrichment Academic Program
- Intensive upgrading in literacy, mathematics, and study skills.
- Youth who are identified as being at risk for not completing their SSD

TRANSITIONS
- Locally Developed program
- smaller class size
- students who are having a difficult time
meeting the grade 8 curriculum
expectations
- Academic, health, and technology
components
- de-semestered morning
english, math, geography, and science
- semestered afternoon
healthy active living and Integrated
technology
- explore healthy lifestyles and career
opportunities

FUTURES (life skills development)

- secondary level
- develops living skills and employability
skills
- emphasis on early literacy and numeracy
- holistic approach
strengths, needs, goals, real life experiences of the students
- promotes problem solving related to social functioning
- three phases based on IEPs of students
early years
- academic and social
as students mature
- integrated into traditional classrooms with their peers
senior years
- co-op opportunities and

for example exploring the environment

- three units
physical, earth, and life science
- explore interconnectedness of life and how it effects them

Sarahrae Kumka !
SDL

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Overall to Motivate
- Theme based curriculum
- focus on literacy and numeracy
- have high expectations of the students and believe in their ability to learn
- Very important to get to know the students
each group of students is different
- They require lots of communication and reasonable standards, while still maintaining
expectations
- very visual (avoid having them write things down)
for example, posters
- adjust lessons to account for students strengths, and then push them outside of their comfort
zones
- Interested in current events and trends in the media (relevance)
- have fun with them
- benefit from
small steps, routine
Avoid
- heavily weighted evaluation
leads to anxiety
- place low emphasis on one-time attempts at success
- note taking for long periods of time
low fine motor skills leads to frustration and behavioural issues among students

In Science
- hands on activities
Labs, POEs
- relevance to students lives
current events in science
- organizers and visual representations
bubble maps, word walls, charts
- assessment
posters and labs
allowing multiple opportunities to succeed