Coach Extended Learning - Summer 2012 August 2010 June 1. Summer STEM Academy – 2013 (a partnership with University of Maryland and NASA; 6 days; 100 students) The students will be primarily involved with two engineering activities during the course of the academy. The first is to build and program August 2010 June Transportation; robots using the Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0. – 2013 Turnaround The second activity is to use of Newton’s Laws Director; Motion in constructing and launching rockets. Principal; Academic Deans; Retention Reduction Academy ILTs; The 6-day program is for a projected 30-45 Professional School students (2 teachers; 1 counselor) Counselor; The purpose of the program is to provide intensive academic support and character education for students who are on the potential retention list. The master schedule (number and length of class periods) will be developed by the newly hired principal along with the site-based leadership and will be based on identified needs. A flexible schedule will be implemented for teachers (7.5 hour day) allowing some to arrive at the beginning of the student day and others to arrive later. While this model does not mandate an extended teacher work day, teachers will be afforded the option of working additional hours to fully support the extended day for students. The 60-minute extended school day will function as an Extended Learning Opportunity for students and
Extended Learning - Summer 2012 1. Summer STEM Academy (a partnership with University of Maryland and NASA; 6 days; 100 students) The students will be primarily involved with two engineering activities during the course of the academy. The first is to build and program robots using the Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0. The second activity is to use Newton’s Laws of Motion in constructing and launching rockets. Retention Reduction Academy The 6-day program is for a projected 30-45 students (2 teachers; 1 counselor) The purpose of the program is to provide intensive academic support and character education for students who are on the potential retention list. The master schedule (number and length of class periods) will be developed by the newly hired principal along with the site-based leadership and will be based on identified needs. A flexible schedule will be implemented for teachers (7.5 hour day) allowing some to arrive at the beginning of the student day and others to arrive later. While this model does not mandate an extended teacher work day, teachers will be afforded the option of working additional hours to fully support the extended day for students. The 60-minute extended school day will function as an Extended Learning Opportunity for students and August 2010 – June 2013 August 2010 – June 2013 Coach Transportation; Turnaround Director; Principal; Academic Deans; ILTs; Professional School Counselor;
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