SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS

The Gore Family Foundation’s newly launched Special Education Teacher (S.E.T) program focuses on assessing and addressing the learning loss and other social and emotional issues affecting our basic school students. Our S.E.T’S assess our students at the beginning and end of each school term using our developmental milestone checklist which tests in the categories of movement, language/communication, cognitive and social and emotional. They target the social and emotional needs by implementing the Second Step program in our schools by first training teachers and then teaching the classes.

The Special Education Teacher (S.E.T) program provides academic support to the teachers and children in our schools by having one on one and whole class sessions. They identify and provide effective early intervention services to our students that display developmental delays and are at risk of being left behind. We believe that early intervention has the strongest impact when offered during the first few years of life. Specialized tools and curriculums such as the Reach Up and Learn Program are used to facilitate this so we can reach our goal of preparing students for the next grade level.

REACH UP & LEARN

The Gore Family Foundation’s Reach Up And Learn Programme in our basic schools has trained our Special Education Teachers on how to provide a stimulating learning environment for children which improves quality interactions, facilitates learning, and builds skills in them that ultimately promote their development. The Gore Family Foundation’s Special Education Teachers use specialized techniques to help to improve the vocabularies of children and generally stimulate them in the easiest, happiest way. We have also developed a Toy Factory which is operated by our Gore Scholars (Gore Family Foundation tertiary scholarship recipients). These Gore Scholars work day in day out, giving back to the GFF by playing a critical role in making the toys that our S.E.T.’s use in the work that they do.

https://reachupandlearn.com

SECOND STEP

The Gore Family Foundation’s Special Education Teachers complete Second Step: Skills for Social and Academic Success training, which gives them the tools to help kids in our Basic Schools control their impulses, stay focused, and follow rules. The Second Step Program promotes the teaching of life skills that strengthen each child’s ability to learn, have empathy, manage emotions and solve problems.

Second Step Elementary Classroom Kit for Kindergarten

Kits can be purchased from https://www.secondstep.org/.

 

 

ASSESSMENT

Assessments are conducted by our Special Education Teachers at the beginning and end of each school term. This plays an integral role in our operations as it advises our Special Education Teachers (S.E.T) on areas such as: the instructional needs of the student, developmental delays, the knowledge base of the student, the performance base of the student, and student placement. These assessments also highlight specific academic areas that need to be revised or taught, allowing the process of teaching and learning to be as effective as possible. Our assessments are not only effective for our S.E.Ts but also for the class teacher in our schools and parents as we aim to work together to improve and contribute to our student’s holistic development. 

There is an assessment document tailored to each age group – 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, 5-year-olds and 6-year-olds. Our assessment document tests in the areas of physical, cognitive, language and social and emotional development. Scores range from 1 to 4, with 4 being the highest score that a student can achieve. The scoring guide is on each assessment document. All data collected is treated with the utmost confidentiality.

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