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The
primary purpose of the Summit Program is to provide intensive behavioral
and academic interventions to build responsibility, positive relationships,
and resiliency in students, grades kindergarten through eleven,
who have been unsuccessful in their base school due to behavior
problems. There are three goals to meet this primary purpose. Goal
one is to provide an effective higher order intervention to decrease
disruptions to the on-going base school program and for continuity
with early intervention, prevention, and school capacity programs.
A second goal is to provide the student individualized services
based on researched best practices in academic instruction and positive
approaches to behavior management. The third goal of the program
is to maintain connection to the student’s base school and
provide an effective transition back to the base school or appropriate
program.
The
Summit Program is an intervention designed to intervene in the
area of problem behaviors while offering an appropriate academic
program. Separate classroom instruction minimizes negative large
group social interactions and other distractions that may have
led to the original serious disciplinary actions and academic
distress. The low student to teacher ratio and separate classroom
also allows for an individualized approach and protects the base
school instructional program from disruption.
After
the student’s successful placement of at least eighteen
weeks, the students are returned to their base school, or possibly
may be referred to another alternative setting, if necessary.
Because this is a relatively short intervention, collaborative
transition planning is critical. At the placement meeting, the
Summit staff will develop an individualized instructional plan
(IIP) based on the student’s specific needs indicated in
the student’s records, collection of observation data, and
discussion with the student, the student’s teachers, and
the parents. Identification of specific behavioral goals, development
of a transition plan, and identification of a base school contact
person are areas of particular importance determined at the placement
meeting.
For information
or assistance, please contact:
Kathleen
Ramey - Summit Coordinator
703.488.6533
Debra
Youngberg – Summit Resource Teacher
703.488.6533
Dave
Jagels – Assistant Principal, Westfield High School
703.488.6300
Dr.
John R. Marston, Administrator, Summit Program
(703) 246-8118 John.Marston@fcps.edu
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