Overview of Academic Lab Course, Procedures, and Expectations
Course Description: Academic Lab is a teacher recommended course which offers individually designed supports. Each student will work with instructional staff to address individual goals. Students will also participate in some whole group class activities with a focus on developing and practicing new and previously learned strategies in conjunction with assignments across all areas of the curriculum.
Course Focus Areas: Semester 1 of 11th grade is primarily focused on executive functioning skills. Students will learn more about these skills and strategies through some whole class activities as well as individual work with instructional staff. The timing and pace for each student to focus on these skills/strategies will be individualized and depend on the individual student's developmental level.
Executive Functioning Skills
Task initiation - Beginning projects/assignments in an efficient or timely manner without procrastinating
Planning - Creating a roadmap to complete a task or reach a goal
Prioritization - Making decisions about what’s important to focus on and what’s not important to focus on; what to do 1st,
2nd,...tomorrow, or put off to the next day.
Organization - Creating and maintaining systems to keep track of information and materials
Time management - Estimating how much time s/he has, and how to use time to be able to stay within time limits and deadlines
Goal Directed Persistence - Developing goals
Goal Directed Persistence - Strategies to follow through to the completion of a goal and not be put off by or distracted by competing interests
Flexibility - Revising plans in the face of obstacles, setbacks, new information, or mistakes. Adapting to changing conditions.
Metacognition - Self-monitor own behaviors and progress towards completing a task or meeting a goal. (e.g. asking yourself, “How am I doing?”)
Metacognition - Self-evaluating own performance. (e.g. asking yourself, “How did I do?”)
Task initiation - Beginning projects/assignments in an efficient or timely manner without procrastinating
Planning - Creating a roadmap to complete a task or reach a goal
Prioritization - Making decisions about what’s important to focus on and what’s not important to focus on; what to do 1st,
2nd,...tomorrow, or put off to the next day.
Organization - Creating and maintaining systems to keep track of information and materials
Time management - Estimating how much time s/he has, and how to use time to be able to stay within time limits and deadlines
Goal Directed Persistence - Developing goals
Goal Directed Persistence - Strategies to follow through to the completion of a goal and not be put off by or distracted by competing interests
Flexibility - Revising plans in the face of obstacles, setbacks, new information, or mistakes. Adapting to changing conditions.
Metacognition - Self-monitor own behaviors and progress towards completing a task or meeting a goal. (e.g. asking yourself, “How am I doing?”)
Metacognition - Self-evaluating own performance. (e.g. asking yourself, “How did I do?”)
Self Advocacy and Determination
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Transitional Skills
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