Madison Central School District

The resource room is a service provided to students with special learning needs outside of the general education curriculum# Any student with an Individualized Education Plan #IEP# is required to have at least 180 minutes of resource per week# This amounts to four periods each week at Madison# You can look at resource as an opportunity for additional help# The way I see it, there are 6 major functions of the resource setting:

1# To work toward each student's Annual Goals in accordance with their IEP and collect data to determine the student's progress and present levels of performance#

2# To provide students with prerequisite skills that are necessary to be successful in the general education setting, such as study skills, organization, and time management#

3# To give students additional support and extra help on coursework in the general education setting and monitor progress#

4# To allow students to take tests and quizzes utilizing testing accommodations when an alternate time to do so cannot be arranged#

5) To introduce students to post-secondary education and career information and begin building resumes, on-the-job skills, and any other transitional pieces necessary to be successful after graduation#

6) To allow students a formal setting to voice any educational issues and concerns that they may have at the present time#

1# This class is NOT a study hall; you have been placed in this room because the committee on special education determined that you had academic needs and goals that needed to be addressed in order for you to be successful in your other academic classes# I have no problem helping you with your homework and projects, but we have to work on goals and transition planning, too!

2# Everything found in the student handbook applies to this class# I will make exceptions based on your IEP and when you speak to me in advance if you feel there is something you need#

3# Be here on time# If you are late to class 3 time over the course of the marking period, you will be written up and serve a lunch detention# If you come to class with no materials, I will mark your down as tardy, because I will be sending you right back to your locker#

4# You are allowed 1 trip to your locker and 1 trip to the bathroom during each class #unless it is an emergency##

5# At times when I am not directly providing instruction, I will allow you to listen to the radio #at a volume of 44 at all times## If people complain about the music I will simply turn it off# Please let me know if background noise bothers you#

6# Talk at a reasonable volume if you feel the need to do so# There should be no talking while other people are talking or while I am speaking#

7# Once a week, I will ask you to write a brief journal entry, covering a variety of topics or current events# These will be done on the computer through my blackboard account#

8# There will be times when I have to provide testing accommodations to students during resource and I apologize because I will not be able to assist you during this time# You are to be quiet and respectful while other students are taking tests and quizzes# 

9# Always come prepared to class# If you have no homework, bring notes to review and study#

10# You will respect students, faculty, property, and yourself at all times#

11# You may sit an any desk besides my own that you would like, unless you have been assigned a seat#

12# I have given you a red folder to keep materials in, which is located near the radio# The LEFT pocket will contain activities done in resource; the RIGHT pocket will contain classwork#

13# You may have ten minutes of free time at the end of each class, as long as you have completed your tasks for the day and are not on the ineligibility list for any classes# You may go on the computer, play games, read a magazine, etc# I expect you to be appropriate and responsible, or you will lose this privilege# 

 

 

Many students have writing-oriented goals in their IEPs# An easy way to work on these goals and improve daily writing skills are through journal writing# The goal of these journals is for students to respond to prompts on the board that often allow them to write creatively or voice their opinion on various matters# Each week, a new prompt will be posted in the "Journals" section that can be found on the left taskbar.