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Community Based
Instruction
A to Z
Gordon County SchoolsCalhoun, Georgia
Rigor, Relevance, Relationships
Expected Outcomes
• As a result of this activity, the participant will:
- list tools and resources that will facilitate a successful CBI program.
- integrate standards based activities into community outings.
- summarize what CBI is and why it is crucial for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
Gordon County
• Calhoun- Northwest Georgia
• Size C system - Approximately 800 Students with IEPs
• 3 ESS Administrators
• 1 Parent Mentor/Social Worker
• 10 schools; College and Career Academy
• 75% Free and Reduced /Economic Disadvantaged
• 13.9 Unemployment Rate
• SWD Graduation Rate: 78.4%
ID Program
• 3 PreK Classes
• 5 elementary classes
• 3 middle school classes
• 5 high school classes
Community Based Instruction
CBI
Community Based Instruction’s main purpose is to train students in a
natural community environment to live, work, and recreate as independently as possible.
Gordon County
• Gordon County Schools established its first
Community Based Instruction in 1990.
• 75-100 participants per year.
• 2 components
• Community Based Instruction
• Community Based Vocational Instruction
Expectations for CBI
• CBI is not a field trip.
• CBI is comprised of teaching opportunities with
targeted instruction on a consistent basis.
• CBI is measured by ongoing data collection with
analysis.
Expectations for CBI
• Community
• Purchasing/Stores and Services, Community Resources,
Banking
• Social Skills
• Public Greeting, Personal Space, Impulse Control, Seeking
Help, Feeling Upset/Frustrated in Public
• Leisure Recreation
• Preferred Activities, Participation Group Activity
Expectations for CBI
• Personal Management
• Mobility, Domestic Skills, Accessing Services, Independent Living Skills
• Academics
• Math, Reading, Science and Social Studies
• Vocational
• Pre-Vocation Readiness Skills, How to Interact with Co-workers
Our Approach
ProceduresCommunity
CollaborationDevelop Lessons
Execution
Establishing Procedures
• Written Guidelines
• Training
• Permission Forms
• Funds
• Outing Requests
• Transportation
Procedures
• Gordon County School Procedures for
Implementing Community Based Instruction and
Community Based Vocational Instruction
Training
• Mandatory Training in August
• Share procedures
• Set expectations
Expectations
• CBI is not a field trip.
• Teaching opportunity with targeted instruction.
• Based on individual student needs
• Parents do not typically attend.
Procedures for Community Outings
• Outing Requests
• Complete outing request with lesson plan, submit 2
weeks prior to outing
• Transportation
• Scheduled through the ESS office
• Notification of Trip
• Sent to parents prior to trip
• School/Coordinator email day of outing
Procedures for Worksites
• ESS Office negotiates contracts with local business and
agency’s in July/August.
• ESS Coordinator provides training for all job coaches.
• ESS Coordinator and teachers work together to assign
work site placements.
• Parents notified and must give permission for work site
placement.
• Review of data collection procedures
Staff Procedures
• Supervision
• Professional Conduct
• Emergency Procedures
• Discipline Procedures
Permission Forms
• Notice Regarding Community Based Vocation Instruction Program
• Parental Permission for CBI
• Parental Permission for placement at work site
• Parental Permission for Photographing Community Based Instruction
• Emergency Care Card
• KEPT WITH TEACHER AT ALL TIMES
Scheduling
CBI:
Pre-K and Elementary- 1 trip per semester
Middle School- 2 trips per semester
High School- 2 trips per month
CBVI:
High School- Job sites weekly, M/W/F 90 minutes
Outing Requests
• Submitted by the teacher a minimum of 2 weeks
prior to the outing
• Includes: Date, location, departure time, arrival time,
number of students, number of supervisors, and
lesson plan.
• Approved by CBI coordinator and moved to
processing for transportation.
Transportation
• Scheduled through the ESS Office
• Drivers
• Fuel
Community Collaboration
• It’s vital to form partnerships with local businesses and venues.
• If an issues arises during an outing, its imperative to address it.
• 99% positive interactions
• Outings are a teaching tool for students and community members.
Work Sites
• Calhoun Bowling Center
• David Day Care
• Tallatoona Head Start
• Ingles
• Ramada Limited
• Voluntary Action Center
• Long Horn
• Chick-fil-A
• Food Lion
• Walmart
• Gordon County Health Care
• Hair Port
• Arby’s
• Shoney’s
• Calhoun First Baptist Church
• Gordon County Schools
Developing Lessons
Know your Community
Identify Skills and Standards
Generalization of Skills
Know Your Community
• What does your town have to offer?
• Look past the obvious
• What can your students learn at each location?
Gordon County Public Service
• Fire Department
• Hospital
• Court House
• Sherriff's Department
• DMV
• Calhoun Library
• Post Office
• Nursing Home
• George Chamber’s
Resource Center
• Airport
• Goodwill
Gordon County Community
• Walmart, Kmart, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Ingles, Food Lion,
Piggly Wiggly
• Tanger Outlet Mall
• Fast food and locally owned restaurants
• Long Horn, Cracker Barrel, IHOP
• Banks
• GA Electric Company
Gordon County Recreation
• Salacoa Creek Park
• Camp Sunrise
• Recreation Department
• New Echota
• Harris Arts Center
• Gem Theater
• Calhoun Bowling
Center
• Kidz Play
• A Birthday Spot
• Payne Farm
• Cooper Creek
Identify Student Skills
• Talk with student
• Talk with parents
• Review data
Identify Standards
• Look at your grade level standards for ELA, Math,
Science, and Social Studies
• Identify standards that connect to different locations.
Develop Plan
• Contact business, venue, public service
• Plan specific lesson for that outing including
individual student skills that will be targeted along
with GPS standards.
• Identify what you need before hand
• How will you utilize AT?
Generalization
• In the weeks proceeding the CBI outing, teach specific skills from the standards and IEP objectives.
• Mock Grocery Store
• Addressing envelopes, placing stamps.
• Previewing menus
• Ordering
• Paying
• Using AT
Data Collection
• Ongoing formal data collection
• Observation
• Work Sample
Examples
Dairy Queen
• Ordering from menu
• Staying within budget
• Paying for items
• Social Greetings
• Using AT device
Copper Creek Farms
• MGSE6.SP.4- Display numerical data in plots on a
number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box
plots.
• Pumpkin Dot Plot
Food Lion
MGSE6.NS.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and
divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm
for each operation.
Camp Sunrise Planetarium
• S6E1-Students will explore current scientific views
of the universe and how those views evolved.( b. )
Describe the position of the solar system in the
Milky Way Galaxy and the universe.
Calhoun Fire Department
• 8th Grade Standard-
• SC2 Students will relate how the Law of Conservation of Matter is used to determine chemical composition in compounds and chemical reactions.
• a. Identify and balance the following types of chemical equations: • Synthesis • Decomposition • Single Replacement • Double Replacement • Combustion
• b. Experimentally determine indicators of a chemical reaction specifically precipitation, gas evolution, water production, and changes in energy to the system.
Gordon Hospital
• S7L.2. Student will describe the structure and
function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
• E. Explain the purpose of the major organ systems
in the human body (i.e., digestion, respiration,
reproduction, circulation, excretion, movement,
control, and coordination, and for protection from
disease.)
Payne Farm
• Student picked strawberries during community
outing.
• Made homemade ice cream upon the return to
school.
New Echota
• SS8H5-The student will explain significant factors
that affected the development of Georgia as part of
growth of the United States between 1789 and 1840.
• D. Analyze the events that led to the removal of
Creeks and Cherokees
Calhoun Pet Care Clinic
• MCC6RP1: Understand the concept of a ratio and
use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship
between two quantities. Example, ratio of dogs to
cats in a pet shop.
Community Based Vocational
Instruction (CBVI)
• Trains students in work and life skills in natural environments, including community businesses.
• Integrates students with non-disabled co-workers, supervisors, and customers.
• Focuses on classroom activities that improve independent living skills.
• Focuses on classroom activities that improve performance at the community work site.
Vocational Instruction
Fair Labor Standards Act
• Students are not considered employees of the
business.
• Participants must be supervised by school personnel.
• Students/parents are informed that student is not
paid and will not necessarily receive a job.
• Student does not take the place of employees.
Vocational Instruction
• Contract signed with each business
• 9th- 12 grade
• Work sites are assigned each semester
• Students work 3 days per week- M, W, F
• Each session is 90 minutes
• Data collected on identified skills
• General Work Adjustment Behavior
• Skill Acquistion
• End of Semester Evaluation
Outcomes
• Post Secondary School Survey Results 2014-2015:
• Enrolled in higher education or in some other
postsecondary education or training program: or
competitively employed or in some other
employment within one year of leaving high school:
100%
If you teach students as they are, they become worse.
If you teach them as they could be, they become better.
~Tirozzi
