Program Components

Accelerated Program

  • Data-Driven Instruction. Teachers incorporate common-core aligned assessments to inform all instructional decisions.
  • Incentive System. Daily tracking of student strengths and growths areas.
  • Teacher Development. Teachers receive training in de-escalation, implicit bias, rigors instruction, and behavioral management.
  • Therapeutic Classroom. Smaller classroom environments that emphasize student social-emotional and intellectual development. (KAPS)
  • Rigorous Instruction. Lesson-plans and instruction are grade appropriate and aligned with Common Core State Standards.

Transitional Program

  • Job Placement. Collaboration with partner organizations responsible for connecting students to employment opportunities.
  • College. Credits may be earned for successful completion of articulated courses “banked” at the community college until the student enrolls in that college.

Social Emotional

  • Social-Emotional Development. (NJ SEL Competencies)
  • Self-Management –the ability to manage feelings, thoughts, and behaviors in a variety of context. Grit!
  • Self-Awareness:the ability to identify feelings, as well as how feelings and thoughts influence actions.
  • Social Awareness:the ability to understand and empathize with others’ points of view.
  • Responsible Decision Making: the ability to make positive choices about personal behavior.
  • Relationship Skills: the ability to communicate and connect with a range of people in a healthy way.
  • Growth Mindset: the ability to grow with effort, which is understood as necessary for success.
  • Measured SED. Development is assessed by student and staff. Categories include: absenteeism, preparation, participation, behavior, and following direction.
  • Restorative Justice. Students participation in service learning to learn civic responsibility and leadership.
  • Health and Trauma. Interventions through partnerships with local community-based support organizations.