Enrichment

For more information about the program and all future updates, please visit Mrs. Scully's website.

Sloan Scully, Enrichment Teacher
908-470-1600, ext 123
sscully@bernardsboe.com

What is the Enrichment Program?

The goal of Cedar Hill's Enrichment Program is to challenge all students to pursue learning opportunities that address and meet their educational needs.

• The model recognizes that there is a shared responsibility for enrichment of students. Administrators, teachers, and parents share this responsibility.

• Cedar Hill School's Enrichment Teacher, Mrs. Scully, acts as a facilitator in the design and implementation of strategies to meet the developmental needs of individuals within heterogeneous classroom settings.

What goals does the Enrichment Program accomplish?

• Focus on shared responsibility for enrichment by providing academic extensions connected to curriculum goals.

• Provide appropriate extensions delivered by the enrichment teacher, the classroom teacher, or other staff members.

• Provide exploratory activities that are based on student interests and open to all students.

• Provide services that address individual student needs.

What types of activities are offered?

Interest Building Enrichment (Type I)

• Enrichment experiences open to all interested students (for example: brown bag lunch seminars, guest speakers).

• How does my child participate in an "Interest Building" activity? The enrichment teacher will briefly visit each room and provide an overview of the activity. Students will be asked to indicate whether or not they would like to attend so the enrichment teacher can prepare an appropriate location and number of periods. It is open to any interested student. A parent information flyer is sent home and posted on the school web site.

"How To" Enrichment (Type II)

• Enrichment experiences designed to develop thinking or process skills. These may occur in the regular classroom while addressing curriculum objectives or for select students with strong abilities or interests in a topic. There may also be small group instructional situations (for example: strings, chorus, band, writing contests, visiting authors, enrichment extensions delivered by the enrichment or classroom teacher).

• How does my child participate in a "How To" activity? The classroom or enrichment teacher may deliver experiences as part of everyday lessons. Extensions may go beyond the regular curriculum and be offered to students based on strong interest and ability.

Independent Enrichment (Type III)

• Independent enrichment experiences for select students based on interests, abilities, creativity, and need (for example: independent research, community project, long term projects).

• How does my child participate in an "Independent Enrichment" activity? Experiences are generally contract based and extend the curriculum. Participation may be based on content performance, prior experiences, or identification indicating that there may be a need for this type of enrichment.