Akers Elementary

   "Home of the Eagles"

Here are two websites that we use in class almost daily. If you would like to utilize these from home, here are the links below:

- I use this website to not only help the students practice their spelling words, but also to have them take their spelling test. If you are in need of the current spelling list, that is also something that you can get from this site. I have all the lists arranged by the dates that they are being studied.

 

- TimezAttack by Big Brainz- Check out these amazing multiplication games you can download.

 

The special day class (SDC) program is designed to give students with special needs a structured environment where their individual needs can be addressed. This class has a certified special education teacher, who is highly qualified, and a fulltime instructional aide with years of SDC experience. The class size is generally smaller than regular classes and grants the teacher and aide the opportunity to provide the students with one on one attention. This setting is created to provide the direct instruction needed, address each child’s individual needs, and provide an environment where students can become actively engaged.

There are two SDC classrooms at Akers Elementary School, which are K-5 and 6-8 SDC programs. Students within the SDC program must be identified as having a disability and need more intervention than the resource program can provide; this is to address their individual needs so the students’ may benefit from this type of placement. The students attend the SDC for their particular subjects that they need more intervention in according to their IEP’s but are mainstreamed with other class members for their other class subjects.

The teachers and aides of the SDC program collaborate with the general education teachers to discuss curriculum, exchange ideas or strategies for working with the special needs students, discuss and review researched educational age appropriate materials and practices, etc. In order to assist the students in maximizing their potential, the SDC teachers support and encourage parental involvement. The SDC teachers will do their best to communicate with all parents to keep them highly informed of their child’s needs, progress, etc. and ask for their valuable input regarding their child. It is a given fact that parental involvement does help students to improve in student performance.

Our aim is to serve these students providing the individualized instruction for them to achieve academic success. Our objective is to address their IEP goals and obtain mastery. It is with these efforts that we will strive to provide a rich SDC environment.