HARWICH HIGH SCHOOL

Course Description

The purpose of the course is to facilitate acquisition, improvement, and development of skills, strategies, and habits needed to succeed in all areas of the high school curriculum.

All students need to practice effective organizational, study, and communication strategies in order to perform successfully within all of their content area classes. In addition, they need to develop and maintain productive habits that reflect their individual learning styles and abilities. Academic Support Lab is a course that addresses the need for acquisition and internalization of these habits and skills as it pertains to individual students with disabilities. Individualized curriculum that is geared to support the students in their quest for success in the classroom and in the overarching goal for students to become independent lifelong learners is the focus of this course.

Academic Support Lab is a class that offers direct remedial instruction for students eligible for special education services in grades 9- 12. The class is a small group and instruction is often individualized. Classes are taught in a direct, systematic, and multi-sensory way that is responsive to the individualized objectives of the students’ Individualized Education Programs.

Grading/Expectations

Students are expected to come to class ready to learn and participate. They are required to have a notebook, writing utensil, planner and textbooks each class. They are expected to follow the rules of the student handbook. Grade is determined by effort and points are assigned daily. Students are graded according to rubric in three categories daily: preparedness, use of class time, and attitude. A point total of 0-12 is possible for each class. The points are calculated at the end of the term and a grade is assigned accordingly. Students are not penalized for excused absences; unexcused absences will receive a 0/12 for the class.