School Model:

Individualized Academic Development

• Intake assessment of student strengths/needs
• Student Learning & Career Transition Plan (SLCTP) creation based on assessment
• Advocate relationship with student
• Comprehensive academic diagnostic testing
• Skill remediation
• Traditional subject courses instructionally modified with the use of:
                  • Rigor
                  • Relevance
                  • Reflection
                  • Relationships
  
• Accommodations for individual learning pace and learning styles
• Student use of technology
• Integrated career pathway- SLCTP tied to academics
• Frequent, varied, ongoing assessment
• High expectations of teachers, students
• 10:1 student-teacher ratio
• Teachers trained in Understanding by Design and the STAR Protocol as a framework for lesson planning, delivery and assessment of impact

Personal/Social Skills Development

• Advocate relationship with student facilitated through Street School Tracker powered by RenWeb
• Time, resources allotted for Advocate activities (often accomplished through school schedule) in addition to time outside the classroom
• Life-Skill/Social Skills Development Program:
                  • Individual Support and Skill Building
                  • Exposure to Outside World
  Group Support and Skill Building
• Advocate responsible for helping student to access community services and build a network of support to overcome barriers affecting personal and academic success.

Career Development

• Career exploration, experiences and steps for career preparation
                • Included in SLCTP and facilitated by Advocate.

• Career Development Process:
                • Teachers trained in A Framework for Understanding the Context of Poverty
                • Career Portfolio prepared by each student and presented in exhibition form
                   prior to graduation

• Career Development Program:
                • Career interest inventories
                • Personal skill/ability/personality inventories
                • Career exploration opportunities through job shadowing, apprenticeships
                   and internships
                • Workplace Skill Training and Employability Skill Training
                • Early college classes and college visits

• Graduated opportunities to work in supervised work environments:
                • A sequential strategy for integrating economic literacy into the academic courses
                  and gaining experience in school-based business or business simulation
                • A sequential, competency-based program to achieve technology skills necessary for
                  advanced learning and employment

• A transition plan, part of the SLCTP, that extends the career planning and attainment beyond graduation
• Clearly defined support resources for student transition

Spiritual Development

• Selection of staff that fit the culture of the school and have tools to navigate student situations
• Family Gatherings Times (aka, chapel)
• Bible Classes and comparative religion courses
• Weekend/overnight retreats
• Mission trips and athletic clinics
• Discipleship Plan for new Christians
• Outside Christian mentor
• Faculty Advocate
• Character Development Program
• Partnerships with Christian Organizations for mutual ministry and to create a net of support for students
• Faculty Prayer and Focus Meetings
• Teacher/Advocate support systems
• Service Learning Projects
• Partnerships with local churches and youth organizations
• Support for students in becoming a part of a church family