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Chapter 8: Deciding on the Right School - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 8: Deciding on the Right School
School comes in different ways as there are diverse components in school organization, as they are institutions that socially gather students and promote growth and development in the welfare of society.
Personnel school's most important component of a good school is the administrators, support staff, and teachers
buildings that contain classrooms, the library, the cafeteria, and other rooms are apart of the physical plant, showing the schools priorities and the activities influences.
Curriculum is organized in grade levels, with different ages being taught with the intended content
Different levels within schools (elementary, middle school, junior high, high school) have important aspects to them
Elementary schools have one teacher do all instruction areas while also arranging their own schedules as math, reading and language arts is emphasized a lot unlike science, social studies and arts
Middle schools, junior high, and high school's are different to elementary schools as they have separated content areas and have class periods
Middle schools and junior high differ from each other in certain aspects.
Middle schools have teachers and students into interdisciplinary teams
Middle schools focus more on student social and emotional development
Middle school teachers look on interactive teaching strategies involving students
Activities in middle school that developmental differences are emphasized are removed
Aiming to meet the needs of all students from different pathways, such as college or the job market.
Early childhood programs have education options for young children such as infant intervention and enrichment programs, nursery's, and public/private pre-k and kindergarten's
Schools have their own different types of characteristics, making it determine whether or not it makes them a good school, as they promote learning and development.
A good size in a school is one of the characteristics that makes an effective school.
Good elementary schools have below 20 students per class
Good high schools have trouble maintaining enrollment allowing personalization and attention to every student.
Effective schools are also safe and orderly schools, as they involve parents and the community.
They are also academically focused and strong leadership is exercised from the principal
Grade retention for students is needed when a student hasn't mastered the content to repeat the grade.
People for it say it promotes the mastery of the content and removes social promotion
People against it claims that it damages a student's development and emotional stage