...High school, is extremely important step that will make a difference in your life. I will work hard in high school which will help me get into college, find connections for power, and get a full time job which will make my life better. I will need to graduate high school before I can do any of these things in the future. Life does not just start in high school it starts with your skills you get before starting college. The skills you already accumulated can have a critical impact on your future in high school and even in your entire life. For me my skills are video games, babysitter,and I play piano. All of these skills help with my high school and post goals. If I am good at babysitting I can be good socially. Video games helps me with concentrating,...
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...Teresa Flanagan Individual Transition Plan Shenandoah University Transitions for Students with Disabilities SED 575 June 25, 2014 Individual Transition Plan OVERVIEW: Student J is a 14-year-old eighth grader at Seneca Ridge Middle School. He was found eligible for special education services in September 2008 as a student with Other Health Impairment (OHI) and a secondary label of an emotional disability (ED). When student J was in his late elementary school years he experienced inability to interact with his peers and maintain social relationships, and was observed shutting down and displaying self-destructive behaviors. There were interventions and accommodations implemented in elementary school including a behavioral plan, which was revised each year he was in middle school, based on what his interests were which were used as the motivators and rewards he would receive for displaying appropriate behavior and completing work. Student J became academically successful and was showing great progress at the end of seventh grade. During his 8th grade year he went through the reevaluation process and was found continued eligible under the same primary and secondary labels. The areas of concern for Student J were identified as problems with using appropriate language, and the same behaviors of shutting down when he was experiencing frustration. This cased a lack of progress in content subject areas during his eighth grade year. Student J receives special education services...
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...Senior Goals Essay I am currently in my senior year in the Information Support Services and Networking shop at Greater New Bedford Regional Voc- Tech High School, which is the last step before attending college and earning my degree, and finally moving on to the world of work. Suffice it to say, I can’t wait to graduate high school! Before graduating high school, I have some short-term goals to accomplish. My principal objective for high school is to earn a 90 average in all of my classes for this year, especially shop, and graduate with honors with a grade point average of about 3.5. In order to achieve this objective, I will complete all class and homework assignments in a satisfactory manner, study for and pass all quizzes and tests occurring...
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...that high school is the happiest part of a student’s life. One cannot define high school life without experiencing its four years of thrilling and unpredictable events. High school was an educational institution comes after elementary and it was a preparation for college. Our mind could no longer acquire the same quantity of knowledge than it usually had before. Nourishing the mind of students with facts and teaching them to be a better person are the goal of educational institutions. Teachers and books had a great significance in achieving its goal. The skills of the teacher and also the content of the book vary from the degree of level of the students. Aside from this, the past of a student and also curiosity also help them to learn and explore new things. After my elementary graduation, curiosity drove me to wonder about life. There are a lot of questions I formulated in my head like, would the regulations be the same? Would I able to cope with the changes? Would I meet people that can change my outlook towards life? And lastly is my high school life going to be happy? We were all soon to separate but those students who still beg for the support of their friends they must need to stop acting as a parasite and they must learn to stand on their own. To all people who I met in this journey especially to the teachers, friends, and classmates and to those villains I give you all my gratitude. For the last time thank for the knowledge and for the memories you gave me. High school...
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...are personal goals that I have established for myself. There are several goals that I am currently working towards. However, my short term goals have always remained simple. I am working to maintain an overall A average in the classes that I am enrolled in. This leads to me successfully completing high school. After graduating from high school, I will begin studying at a college that best fits my educational needs. My long term goals deal with my future in general. After the completion of high school, I plan to attend an accredited university where I will obtain degree in Biochemistry with a pre-dental concentration. I will become a well rounded student just as I am in high school. I also plan to run for freshman class president, not only that I also look forward to joining many prestigious organizations around the campus. I aim to complete an internship that will give me additional skills and tools that will allow me to excel in my graduate studies. I plan to finish undergraduate studies with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. This will assist in me getting accepted into a school of dentistry. Being that getting accepted into dental school is so competitive, I plan to work extremely hard to prepare myself to take the Dental Acceptance Test my junior year of college. Looking ahead, after successfully completing four years of undergraduate studies, I plan to be in dental school and working at a dentist just gain experience After completing dentistry school and specializing...
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...High school sports are more helpful to students than harming them when they are performing activities. High school sports will create more students with more goals for them to achieve when they are in high school. High school sports help students build a better character of themselves. School sports help students be more well-rounded compared to kids that do not do sports. First of all, having high school sports can help students achieve the goals that they have set for themselves. According to Article 2, “Are High School Sports Good for Kids?”, “Leading youth development experts contend that one of the potential benefits of sports participation is the development of initiative or the ability to set and go after goals which is part of the competitive...
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...(c) (3), who believes Am I My Brother’s Keeper is needed to meet the needs of a rapidly growing and previously underserved student population. This is a predominantly minority population, composed of underrepresented and underserved youth. These students have a history of erratic and transient school attendance, repeated and expected academic and social failures, limited or no family support, poverty, adolescent parenting, and minimal expectations for life-success. Frequently, they are students referred to disciplinary placements due to inappropriate and extremely weak social skills. Many have been forced to assume family roles and responsibilities due to an absent parent or parents. There is often a huge disparity between grade placement and age, (i.e., they are often too old for their grade level). Most are economically disadvantaged and would feel uncomfortable in traditional school settings. Their basic reading and mathematics skills are weak. With strong educational leadership, AIMBK provides a structured educational program that allows student choices other than jail or death. VISION The vision for Am I My Brother’s Keeper is one where students are educated after school through a collaborative effort among parents, faculty, staff, students and community. We will strive to prepare our students to become lifelong learners who are motivated to learn with the help of quality instruction and leading-edge technology. Students will graduate with the knowledge and skills...
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...prepare students for upcoming adulthood responsibilities and demands that the process be results oriented. The most common transition goal result being skilled based employment. Effective transition planning at the high school level is vital for individuals with intellectual disabilities to develop job and vocational skills. Post-secondary transition goals are developed for every individual at the high school level with the intention of harnessing the individual’s interests and skills into paid employment after graduation. IDEA identities transition services as a “coordinated set of activities” that promote movement from “school to post school activities.” Research studies report that post school activities and employment rates for individuals with intellectual disabilities were slightly under fifty percent according to Douck and Joshi (2012). Years of transition goal development and implementation occur at the high school level with the primary focus of employment for the individual. If transition planning and skill development are effective at the high school level, why do current employment statistics reveal less than fifty percent of individuals with mild intellectual disabilities obtain employment and less that twenty percent of individuals with severe intellectual disabilities? The purpose of this literature review is to examine high school transition planning and its correlation to the employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Through valid...
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...necessities of the country. For example, the education system in the USA is only compulsory between the age of 3 years and 14 years (Jan, 2009). Looking at the basic education system, it can be sub-divided into four basic sections each taking a different duration. The first part is the pre-school level. This level varies from country to country mostly running from two years to three years (Terri, 2000). This level is not compulsory in most countries but it is very essential since it creates the educational base for the child. In most countries, the teachers in this level are not employed by the government thus this poses a major challenge in the education sector. This also makes the level to be omitted when the education system states of the years spent in school. The classes undertaken in pre-school education are most on basic skills and memory training. The children are subjected to several speed test and storytelling sessions which helps improve their memory (Terri, 2000). The literacy work introduced mainly deals with basics of the number system and the alphabet. The most common levels in pre-school are the kindergarten, pre-unit and the nursery class. In education systems where the pre-school spans for two years, the work-load from the kindergarten class is combined with the load in the pre-unit (Jan, 2009). The next...
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...education that made me who I am today. Back then there was no after school program in my community. My after school hours was used wisely by my parents they made sure homework and my chores was done before I can do anything else. This was a different generation and things like peer pressure, crimes, drugs, and gang activities were not as bad as they are today. In this day and time the world is a little different and the streets are not as safe, especially for our kids. The children today are very vulnerable to many influences in the home and streets as well as school; however school hours are not so easily to manage. Either both parents are busy making ends meet, single parent homes where there are less supervision, or parent just not involved in their child life. After school hours are very critical for kids, the unsupervised time puts youths at risk for such negative outcomes as academics and behavioral problems, drug use, gangs, and other types of risky behavior (Weisman& Gottfredson 2011). This is why after school programs and summer programs are needed to help keep these kids out of trouble and off the streets. The first after school program were developed by individual men and women with the intentions on rescuing children from physical and moral hazards posed by growing up in the immigrant neighborhoods of major cities (Schneider, 1992). In my paper I will be writing about the Jennings Place Tutorial Ministry an after school program that I volunteer for through my church ministry...
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...throughout my high school. We met one another on the first day of school in my freshman year and ever since then, we stayed really close. We have spent lots of time together, done some stupid things and helped each other out during hard times as well. I felt like the four of us grew together as a family during those four years. However, we had to separate after high school, each choosing our own paths in life. One got married and became a housewife, one joined the military, one went to trade school and I decided to go to college. Each of us had found our own ideal position in life and we were all happy. We each, in our own eyes, had what is called, success. Success means achievement, accomplishment and victory. One of my favorite...
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...national educational achievement rates is when the children first begin school. “In a 1983 report, titled A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform, by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, helped create a public demand for change in the public schools.” (Berns, 2010, p. 212) This report is what encouraged the government to make the change. “To address the charges made by the report, government, business, and educational leaders developed six national educational goals, announced in 1990 and reconfirmed in 1999 in the Educational Excellence for All Children Act” (Berns, 2010, p. 213). The Educational Excellence for All Children Act (1999) stated that by the year 2000 they wanted to achieve what they created. The first goal was to have all children in America start school ready to learn. Part of this goal is to have all children have the access to high-quality and developmentally appropriate preschool programs that will help to prepare the children for school. This is a great idea and goal, but unfortunately it is not directed to all children. In most cases, this is only for the children who are in the upper class and the lower class families. Therefore, this goal needs improvement because it is not helping the children who are from middle class families. This goal also focuses on children receiving the nutrition, physical activity, and health care needed to begin school healthy and be ready to learn mentally. Part of this does seem to have...
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...March 6, 2011 Community Psychology Community Meeting Paper School Committee of Haverhill, Massachusetts Meeting Observation February 10, 2011 came along and I was undecided whether I should go to my evening class on campus, or if I should attend the school committee. It is a good choice that I decided to attend the school committee for the next one on February 24th was announced cancelled. The Haverhill School Committee is made up of six members elected for four year terms. The administrators are located at the City Hall of Haverhill. The superintendant is James F. Scully, the assistant superintendant for finance and operations is Kara Kosmes, the assistant superintendant for curriculum is Mary Malone, and the executive director for technology is Pamela Carr. The mayor serves as the Chairman of the school committee. The school committee’s powers and duties are derived from and controlled by state statute. The Haverhill School Committee invites and encourages parents and community members to attend the meetings, which are held every second and fourth Thursday of each month at 7:00 P.M., located at the City Hall in the Chambers of Council room. The meeting started a few minutes after 7:00 P.M. with the mayor leading the pledge of allegiance. Following was the staff thanking the teachers, administrators, support staff, and all volunteers for all they do for the children of Haverhill everyday. The school committee administrators and members were presented. There are four...
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...The No Child Left behind act was signed into law by President George W. Bush on January 8th, 2002. It was designed to improve student achievements and to help schools and parents work together to create educational solutions for struggling students. The act focuses mainly on standards, accountability, parental options, and to close the achievement gap between low-income and minority students and their peers. The act was designed to provide all children in the public school system with an equal opportunity to obtain a better education. Bush said, "The fundamental principle of this bill is that every child can learn, we expect every child to learn, and you must show us whether or not every child is learning." The No Child Left Behind act set...
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...assistance or prompts. Morgan has mastered telling time within five minute intervals and reading a calendar. Morgan has mastered home-living activities such as laundry and simple mean preparation in the Life Skills Lap at school. Student Interests Morgan states she would enjoy working in a grocery store or restaurant after high school. Teachers and family members have noted that she exhibits superior skills for her grade level in the kitchen and grocery store. In the kitchen and grocery store, Morgan displays great independence, requiring little prompting or direction to complete her task. Morgan states she would enjoy living in an apartment with a roommate after high school. When asked what she wanted to be doing when she is 25, Morgan states she would like to attend a cooking school and work in a restaurant as a cook. She states working in a grocery store while she is in school would be good to pay the bills until she finished cooking school. Assessments Enderle-Severson Transition Rating Scales Morgan and her parents will complete the Enderle-Severson Transition Rating Scales (ESTR-J); designed for mild disabilities of any age. The rating scales can be completed jointly or separately; however, Morgan will complete the rating scales at school with minimal assistance since her parents have not been supportive of her completing tasks at home and...
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