Helping students one piece at a time!
Learning Center Staff:
| Preschool | Monica Zambrano, monica.zambrano@cojowa.edu.co |
| Elementary | John F. Consuegra, john.consuegra@cojowa.edu.co |
| Reneè Foster, renee.foster@cojowa.edu.co | |
| Middle School | Angela Torres, angela.torres@cojowa.edu.co |
What is the Learning Center? / ¿Qué es el Learning Center?
Created to provide support for students with special educational learning needs. It currently offers support to students that have disabilities which interfere with the normal development of the learning process.
Creado para proveer soporte a los estudiantes con necesidades especiales de aprendizaje. Ofrece apoyo a los estudiantes que tienen dificultades que llegan a interferir con el proceso y desarrollo normal de aprendizaje.
Philosophy: / Filosofía:
- Prepare a positive learning environment for students who lack the skills needed to meet the academic standards.
- Intervene in the development of strategies for adequate skills and habits in the learning process.
- Develop positive self esteem that allows students to confront their learning difficulties.
- A child with learning disability gains self confidence to be able to work independently.
- Establecer un ambiente de aprendizaje positivo para los estudiantes que carecen de las habilidades necesarias para alcanzar los estándares académicos.
- Intervenir en el desarrollo de estrategias para crear habilidades y hábitos adecuados en el proceso de aprendizaje.
- Desarrollar autoestima positiva en los estudiante para que confronten sus dificultades de aprendizaje.
- Un estudiante con problemas de aprendizaje adquiere confianza en sí mismo cuando es capaz de trabajar independientemente.
Services/ Servicios
Student support is offered in two formats: inside the classroom (inclusion) or at the Learning Center (Pull-out).
La ayuda a estudiantes se ofrece en dos modalidades: dentro del salón de clases (inclusión) o en el Learning Center (Pull-out).
Preschool:
Students which present alterations in their development patterns, academic, social and/or emotional skills, may be early manifestations of possible learning disabilities.
A los estudiantes que presentan alteraciones en los patrones de desarrollo, de habilidades académicas.
Elementary:
Students were in follow-up since preschool, and those that according to tests or studies have been diagnosed with a Learning Disability, and/or a special condition which directly affects his or her academic performance.
Middle School:
LC support is continued, and an emphasis is made in the academic areas, techniques and methods development, study habits and developing thinking skills.
Learning Disabilities
Based on the learning need of each student, adaptation of materials, Different methods or Environment is designed to facilitate their best learning needs.
“Never lose sight of those strengths, those talents, because that is what’s going to take you to great places.” – Edward Hallowell, M.D.
Common Characteristics:
Poor attention span
Poor reading & writing skills, omits letters and words, constant reversals, poor spacing, cannot put ideas together
General low language ability and verbal expression
Poor motor skills and/or concepts
Behaves erratically: one day works well, the following day cannot.
Poor math skills and/or concepts