Syllabus

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    Life Skills Support Classroom 
    Welcome to the Life Skills Support classroom, where students are taught basic life skills, daily living skills, functional academic skills, and prevocational skills. A high level of independence is stressed. My class utilizes technology by using the TAP-IT. This unique piece of equipment is a Touch Accessible Platform for Interactive Technology. It provides an assistive learning center using ‘intended touch’ to serve each student’s needs.
    Academic progress will be utilized using a new program called Mobymax. This program monitors students progress while working on their own instructional levels and allowing them to complete tasks at their own pace.

    My goal is to help students become independent, productive, responsible citizens within the community.     Students participate in community-based instruction. Each month students will work on money management skills, social skills, and daily living/life skills while attending CBI trips within the community.  They will utilize their vocational skills while in the school setting.
     
    Integration is an important part of the program. Students attend integrated Physical Education class as well as elective courses., pep rallies, and assemblies. 
     
    Students within the Life Skills Classroom will participate in the Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). This content is aligned to the PA Alternate Eligible Content. PASA Testing will take place their 11th grade year.
    Please see the following websites for information on the Pennsylvania Alternate Academic Standards 
      
     

     

    Class Subjects

    Life skills (prevocational training, consumer education, and career education) – survival skills, job search skills, interpersonal skills, communication skills, practical living skills, lifestyle choices, problem-solving skills

     

    Functional math – money management skills, basic math skills, consumer math skills, chart/graph skills, measurement/estimation skills, and telling time.

     

    Functional reading/language arts – basic reading skills, comprehension skills, functional signs and labels, language arts/ basic grammar skills, fluency skills.

     

    Science/nature – earth, space, life, and physical science

     

     Health/safety – basic hygiene procedures, safety instruction, nutrition instruction, public and personal transportation, survival signs.

     
    Transition planning- for after graduation
                   Employment goals -to seek and maintain employment with assistnace if needed. Students have the opportunity to participate in a two day a week Food Prep Program at the Maple Avenue Campus, as per teacher recommendation. 
                   Independent living goals- students will work on preparing themselves for life after high school. (living with family, group home, assistant living, or on own)
     
    Daily Living - basic daily living skills (housekeeping, cooking, self-care, leisure, reading a menu/recipe, cooking labs) using community resources, managing a household, shopping for clothing and food.
     
    Student will participate in Curriculum Based Instructional trips twice a month to develop independent living skills. 
      
     
    All scores for the following classes are calculated as follows:
    70% class work/homework
    30% tests/quizzes