RTFs in South Carolina- This is How We Do It!
Format
Poster Presentation
Location
Harborside Center East and West
Strand #1
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
Relevance
Because of the alternative setting and the transient nature of the population, PBL needs to be adapted. This presentation will use RCD, CCSS, and PBL together to produce cross-curricular, relevant units with portable skills for students in alternative settings, specifically the residential treatment facility.
Brief Program Description
Adapt problem- based learning to alternative settings, specifically the residential treatment facility. Help support and promote academic achievement for students in these alternative settings, while finding strategies for teachers and administrators to implement. Learn how to make a way when there doesn't seem to be one!
Summary
This presentation will explain ways to adapt rigorous curriculum design and problem-based learning for a transient population in an alternative setting. Participants will be given various strategies to help teach portable skills using a problem-solving to learning.
Evidence
Based on the research of Larry Ainsworth and RCD, we have developed and adapted units of relevant topics for students in an alternative setting. Using ideas from John Savery, problem-based learning is integrated throughout. Students come away with a problem-solving, relevant approach to learning.
Biographical Sketch
Julie Brown has spent 13 years in elementary education, with 4 years in a residential treatment facility for behavioral health.
Kim Allen has spent 17 years in education- 5 years teaching and 12 years in administration, with 4 years in a residential treatment facility or behavioral health.
They presented at the 2014 Tennessee Alternative Education Conference.
Keyword Descriptors
Rigorous Curriculum Design, Problem-Based Learning, Alternative Settings, Portable Skills
Presentation Year
2015
Start Date
3-3-2015 4:00 PM
End Date
3-3-2015 5:30 PM
Recommended Citation
Brown, Julie and Allen, Kim, "RTFs in South Carolina- This is How We Do It!" (2015). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 115.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2015/2015/115
RTFs in South Carolina- This is How We Do It!
Harborside Center East and West
Adapt problem- based learning to alternative settings, specifically the residential treatment facility. Help support and promote academic achievement for students in these alternative settings, while finding strategies for teachers and administrators to implement. Learn how to make a way when there doesn't seem to be one!
