Socialemotional and Academic Objectives in Alternative Education Settings

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Social-emotional and Academic Objectives in
Alternative Education Settings

• Session 3

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What works best?

• Education-oriented Type I schools - positive
  outcomes on behavior and achievement
• Discipline-focused Type 2 schools - no or
  negative impact
• Type 3 schools effective if transition services
  are provided

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Best practices

• Climate with focus on academic mission, clear,
  fair,enforced discipline, ethic of caring
• Choice
• Engaging, relevant, student-centered,
  experiential, noncompetitive learning experiences

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Best Practices to Integrate Social/Emotional and
Academic

• Full instructional program, interdisciplinary
  projects
• Individualized
• Clear goals
• Experiential,hands-on learning
• Service learning
• Vocational options
• Continuous progress
• Student responsibility
• Structured, early frequent success

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Sample activity Daily journal

• Students write for 5 minutes in response to a
  prompt, real or fictional, using blank,
  hard-cover journal books.
  I was swept away by emotion.
  I was finally seen for who I am.
  
• Students volunteer to read.
• Teacher gives personalized, validating,
  therapeutic feedback.

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Sample Activities Link to Literature
Teacher selects a book. Through read-alouds,
hearing readings on tape, and guided reading
discussions, the students can explore themes
related to identify, character-building, moral
dilemmas, etc. Students write essays linked to
their readings.
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Sample Activities Personal Me-Books to Share
with Peers
Students learn to use PowerPoint by creating a
me-book with their memories, goals, fears,
favorite people, places, music, etc. Students
present their me-books and get feedbck from
peers about whats missing, unclear,or
incomplete. Students make CDs of al the
me-books to share with family and friends.