Level One (11-13) year old
Tutor Time Academy provides numerous experiences for our youngest learners. As each student's struggles are identified and their curiosity and creativity is unleashed, we open up a world of opportunity that they won't receive in any other program.
What research tell us about early intervention is quite clear. The sooner a child receives intervention for learning difficulties the sooner they will embark on a lifetime of self-discovery.
At Tutor Time our built-in Response to Intervention model foster a love for learning and nurtures the whole child. The journey starts by placing the student within the age level and intervention level where he/she will receive the support and instruction tailored to their personal learning difficulties.
Core Subjects
Language Arts, Math, Physical Education and Tutoring Class are the key academic experiences in Level Three. Students are placed in their color tier intervention levels: Red, Yellow and Green within the class according to their Reading and Math assessment percentile scores. Science, Social Studies and Physical Education are offered on a rotating schedule throughout the school year. Each student IEP is carefully planned and outline with specific accommodations and learning goals. We utilize lessons and concepts closely related to the Common Core Standards.
English Language Arts
The Language Arts program offers a dual focus on foundational reading skills. Students engage in reading exercises to diverse genre and themes. Drawing inference, establishing main idea analyzing characters from profound text are the basis of the reading objectives. Through these pre-reading during-reading and post-reading activities, students improve their reading comprehension and build mastery in reading.
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To improve writing skills this curriculum includes evidence-bases writing curriculum that research shows supports students with language-based learning difficulties. The teaching and learning tools used in the language arts classroom support students as they learn to generate, structure, edit, and express their ideas.
Math
Our math curriculum encourages students to build critical thinking skills, problem-solving, logic and reasoning. Our math curriculum features a research -based approach that is designed for students with learning difficulties. Teachers incorporate multisensory techniques that develops number sense and numeracy skills. Through the use of manipulatives, games and learning aids, students improve their understanding of orders of operation, long division, fractions, proportions, variables and more.
Social Studies
Our project -based social studies curriculum for Level Three focuses on actively engaging students in investigation and responding to complex real-world questions and problems related to ancient civilization, government, community development, economics and geography. Through hands-on projects and engaging activities students are prompted to investigate, research and inquire about geographic and historical links between the world today and the world long ago.
Science
Our project-based science curriculum for Level Three focuses on actively engaging students in scientific concepts by engaging in hands-on, inquiry-based projects that mimic real world scientific investigation, allowing them to explore, research, analyze data, and present their findings through presentations, reports, models and exhibits. Our science curriculum allows students with learning difficulties to get a deeper understanding and a more profound grasp of scientific concepts by building essential skills in evaluation and investigating.
Physical Education
Our Level Three Physical Education takes place on a rotating schedule with Enrichment Classes. Students learn to appreciate the importance of physical activity for the body and mind. Our physical education curriculum include units in karate, yoga, sports, and health education. Students improve skills like running, jumping, throwing, catching, and balancing. The curriculum includes cardiovascular endurance activities builds students flexibility and body composition. Social skill development is included in the each unit fostering cooperation, teamwork, sportsmanship and positive social interactions through games and activities.
Enrichment Subjects
One period per day, Level Three students are engaged in enrichment studies. These additional classes: STEM, Creative Arts, Culinary Arts, and Drivers Education give students a sense of responsibility and self-expression that promotes self-advocacy and self-esteem.
STEM
Our STEM curriculum, or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics is a hands-on learning approach that implements the four disciplines to help students with learning difficulties develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills. The units include a range of subjects including life science, physical science, engineering, mathematics, and computer science. Our STEM curriculum helps students develop key skills in critical thinking, creative thinking, media and technology literacy and social skills.
Creative Arts
Our Level Three Creative Arts enrichment class uses art-making to reinforce creative skills that stimulate the minds of our students particular learning styles. Projects are carefully structured to include explicit instruction and demonstration of techniques while applying open-ended questioning so that students can express their thoughts in a verbal as well as in a artistic way. Students come to know renowned, local and international artists.
Culinary Arts
Our Level Three Culinary Arts classes introduces students to cooking, plating, presentation and service of food. Our culinary topics include food safety, proper knife skills, recipe reading, equipment use, grocery budgeting, nutrition, and cake decorating and includes appetizers, entrees and desserts and goes into an additional 9 weeks of baking techniques. Students explores, breads, pastries and more.
Drivers Education
Our special education drivers education class for students with learning difficulties, ADHD and executive functioning disorders provides a welcoming and calm environment with minimal distractions. Our specialized driver education program provides individualized skill training that promotes new cognitive routines for the driver through a coaching approach with specific strategies to create a safer trip on the road for the pre- teen and teen driver with attention deficits. Students will complete a uniquely designed 10-hour or 18- hour simulation and Behind-The-Wheel curriculum with a specially trained certifed instructor.
Grades
Level Three families receive quarterly report cards and progress reports that feature an extensive narrative. Instead of letter grades the report card and progress report summarizes what was mastered or not mastered that quarter in various subject areas. The report card and progress report addresses the area of improvement, accommodation modifications as well as goals that were or were not accomplished for each student based on their specific area of need.
Assessments
Assessments at Tutor Time Academy takes many forms. Reading coaches provide summative assessment as a way of evaluating a student's learning at the middle or end of a unit. Students are administered formative assessment three times within the school year, beginning , middle and end, this type of assessment provides teachers and coaches with feedback on how they can improve their teaching to improve the students learning.
Homework
In Level Three, homework is assigned differently depending on the student and what they have accomplished in the classroom. We recognize that all our students learn differently and struggle with mild or severe learning sympthoms, so to maintain a healthy school and home balance it is important that each student's mental health is taken into consideration. We also want our students to enjoy extracurricular activities after school. With that being said, Level Three homework in reading is assigned four days a week and Math homework is assigned on Tuesday and Thursday's.
Parent-Teacher- Communication
Building a strong teacher, school and family bond is a top priority at Tutor Time Academy. To build this bond we encourage parents to be a part of their child's learning experience. To make this possible we have developed school wide parent teacher communication programs.
To meet your child's homeroom teacher we have established our open house event. This event allows parents to meet their child's teacher, tour the classroom, learn about the curriculum and ask questions.
To discuss your child's progress we have established our two times a year parent-teacher conferences. The first conference held in October, is to inform parents about their child's assessment scores and IEP accommodations, this conference is held in the homeroom teachers classroom and may include the educational coach, the Head of Student, the IEP TEAM coordinator and the general special education teacher.
In December, the second parent teacher conference is will be held for parents of students who are not meeting their IEP or classroom goals. This conference will be to discuss changes to your child's IEP accommodation, evaluation for a specialized IEP plan or evaluation into our Bridge or SAIL program.