LOOPING

*This presentation was used in 2009to introduce looping to elementary parents.*

What is Looping?

Looping is a term to describe the educational practice in which a single-grade class remains with the same teacher for two or more years!

Other names: continuous learning, continuous progress, multi-year grouping.

What are the advantages?

Socially

Reduced apprehension of the new school year.

Increased self-confidence. A stronger sense of community

(parents, students and teachers.)

Advantages Continued Academically

A gain of almost a month of teaching time.

Increase of teacher knowledge about students intellectual strengths and weaknesses.

More opportunities for individualized instruction.

Why West Deptford Township?

We hope to achieve: more integrated, continuous curriculum, improve students independent learning, increase instructional time, increase student daily attendance, and reduce special needs and remediation referrals.

Why are we here?

Remember we are building “community” atmosphere and partnership for the next two years. We want everyone to be informed and involved.

The program officially starts NOW!!

Student Selection

Principals are dedicated to continuing to keep all classrooms as balanced as possible, looping rooms do not have any exceptions. Administrators look at:

Gender, Ability Levels, Strengths, Weakness and Conflicts.

We take personal pride in making the right fit for our students.

How was the Pilot Program Evaluated?

Interviews, surveys, school records, special education referrals, and general observations.

What about the disadvantages?

Both parents and teachers become TOO ATTACHED.

Student/Teacher Personality Clash.

OPT OUT PROGRAM

Parents will have the chance at the end of the school year to opt out of the program, due to conflicts with the class.

Teachers will have the chance to opt a student out of the program if there are continuous problems involving a particular student.

Parent Opinion

The bond between parents, teachers and students is strong. I am pleased my child had the opportunity to be with the same teacher for both years.

I can not imagine classrooms any other way.

Student Opinion

We became close to our friends, we will all miss each other next year.

Having the same teacher for two years was really cool, we were never surprised with anything she had to say to us.

Teacher Opinion We were able to see what worked

from each year. I did not have to spend the second year trying to analyze students and abilities.

The first day of the second year, we started where we left off. Now, I was able to pace the classroom for individual levels without getting behind in the curriculum.

QUESTIONS!!!!