Extending Activities

Extending activities involve negotiated learning experiences that take place primarily during the regular classroom time. Each extending activity module requires approximately 30 hours of student time to complete. Students will have the opportunity to develop academic and personal skills through a combination of teacher directed and self-directed activities, projects or investigations.

Advantages

	may allow for a combination of mandatory, student selected and student led components
	allows students to investigate topics of interest to them in a supportive learning environment
	allows students to develop skills transferable to future independent projects and personal programs
	encourages negotiated learning where students assume responsibility for establishing goals, deadlines, and plans with individual teachers and/or community mentors

Participants

identified students who have demonstrated needs and are committed to the task

Guidelines

	program designed by the secondary enrichment resource teacher or designed by the student and teacher/mentor
	possible focus on interpersonal, leadership and learning skill development as well as opportunities to extend significantly beyond the expectations of the regular grade level curriculum
	offered in conjunction with regular classroom time allotment and requiring approximately thirty additional hours of student work

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