ACT is a literacy-based educational program which assumes the competence of the students served and provides the accomodations necessary to maximize the students' academic achievement. The goal of the ACT program is to serve children that have not succeeded in their regular district programs due to behavioral, sensory, and/or communication needs; to meet those needs within a challenging, literacy-based program and to then integrate those children back into inclusive settings within their districts. Download an application here (pdf document).
The ACT Program is approved as a Private Day School through the Arizona Department of Education. Student Placement in ACT
may be funded in a variety of ways including District Funding, ADE Voucher/Scholarship Program, Private Pay, and Private Educational Scholarships.
Program Overview
School Hours: 8:45 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. Monday through Friday with periodic optional extended learning opportunities provided from 2:15-3:00 p.m.
Number of Students: The program serves a total of eight students each year.
Staffing: There is one teacher in the classroom and one program administrator who also works within the classroom periodically based on student need. Additionally, there are 7 adults in the classroom to facilitate and maximize student participation.
Sensory Diet: Students are provided with a daily sensory diet which includes the following:
- NMT group experiences 2 times a day - one 30 min. group in the morning and one 20 min. group at the end of the day
- Auditory Perception Training (APT) 1 time a day - mid-day individualized, group APT will take place
- A swing and variety of sensory equipment will be available in the classroom to be used as the students needs so indicate.
Academic Experiences: ACT is a literacy-based program in which the individual students drive the direction of the learning based on their interests. Grade Level Curriculum is embedded in the learning experiences based on individual student levels. Students are given opportunities to demonstrate their learning through the development of powerpoint presentations, science projects, book reports, etc. as well as through traditional means of skill demonstration. Community field trips are provided as well as community professionals who visit the classroom and educate students on career opportunities/interests.
Curriculum Overview
Educational standards for grades 1-7 are addressed within the curriculum outlined below. As necessary, objectives incorporate modifications required by IEP goals of each individual student served.
Social Studies: The World in Spatial Terms, Early Arizona Civilizations and Farming, Exploration of the New World, New World Settlers, Winter Holidays Around the World, Citizenship, Founding Fathers & American Symbols, Government Positions, U.S. Regions
Language Arts: Reading (all skills addressed using systematic research-based core reader program), Story Elements, Writing Conventions (expository, imaginative, personal narrative), Story Mapping, Main Idea, Subject/Predicates, Summarizing, Reading for Meaning, Predictions & Sequencing of Events, Writing projects, Advertising Project, Presenting Information in Consumer Literature, Creative Books
Speaking: Phonics Concepts (short/long vowels, vowel pairs, contractions), Voice (expository, imaginative, personal narrative), Pursuasive Speech Contest
Science: Inquiry Process (asking questions), Life Science (plants, animals & insects, relations of animal & plant life), Physical Science, Earth Science: Wonders of Earth, Physical Science Experiments, The Human Organism (nutrition & health, human body)
Math: Addition/Subtraction & Money, Place Value Estimation, Patterns, Multiplication, Division, Measurement, Fractions, Time and Temperature, Geometric Figures, Simple Algebra, Math All Around Us, Ongoing Word Problems
Related Resources: Technology: Typing, Word Processing, Power Point, Internet
SCHOOL CALENDAR
January 7
Classes Resume
March 21
Good Friday
March 24 - 28
Spring Break
May 23
Last Day of School
EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES (2:15 - 3:00 p.m.)
Mondays
Reading Fun
Tuesdays
Sensory Experiences
Thursdays
Communicating with Mom and Dad
Friday
Sports and Games
To contact the classroom directly, call 602-274-1682.
Please note that calls will not be answered during regular classroom hours.
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