Approved on May 1, 1997
The thorough interview process at TCKS by a selection team that includes both parents and teachers assures that all teachers hired at TCKS have the full support of the school community. Each teacher at TCKS has been carefully selected so that the delivery of the classroom curriculum is of exceptionally high quality.
1. To place each student in the learning environment (classroom) that will best match the student’s learning needs and style and promote his/her success.
2. To establish within each classroom a balance of academic ability levels, leadership skills, special needs, genders and involved parent partners as to create the optimum environment for all students.
1. During the month of May, the sending teachers and receiving teachers will meet to discuss the best classroom placement for each student. The following factors will be carefully considered: academic ability, learning style, social and behavioral factors, peer relation-ships, age, gender, personality and special needs. The degree of involvement by parent partners will also be considered in an effort to evenly distribute volunteer input among classrooms. Decisions on student placement will be made in such a way as to best meet each student’s needs while at the same time creating balanced and diversified classrooms.
Parents are welcome to request in writing the classroom environment in which they think their child would do best. Form letters for this purpose are available in the office. Parent letters need to be turned in to the sending teachers by the last school day of April. Each letter will be carefully considered. Requests for particular classroom environments will be honored if deemed best for the child as well as the class as a whole.
2. On the first working day in August, class lists will be posted outside the TCKS office. During the month of August teachers will welcome their new students via card or letter.
Circumstances occasionally occur which cause an imbalance in a classroom which had initially been carefully structured (several students moving out of one room, for example). In such a case, the sending and receiving teachers of the affected grade levels will meet and make any necessary adjustments. Modified rosters will not be considered final until the families of the students who have been transferred to a different classroom have been contacted personally. If and when a classroom roster is changed, an updated roster will be posted outside the office.
In an effort to accommodate each parent’s needs and expectations, TCKS will provide a grievance procedure for parents not satisfied with a student’s classroom placement.
Parents dissatisfied with a student’s classroom placement will meet with the sending and receiving teachers to discuss the issue. If resolution is not achieved, parents will next meet with the sending and receiving teachers and a member of the PAB and TAB. If resolution is not achieved, parents will finally meet with two PAB members, two TAB members and the principal.
In such cases of conflict, final decision on a student’s classroom placement will be made by the principal.
In order to accommodate those families who are gone for much of the summer, generic classroom supply lists will be made available during the last week of the school year. Please note that certain items required only by specific teachers would need to be purchased after notification of a student’s classroom placement.
PARENTAL REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
The TCKS faculty welcomes parental input on the learning environment which would best promote success for each child. Please fill out the form below and turn it in to your child’s sending (current) teacher by the last day of April. Use the back of the form if more space is needed.
Requests for particular classroom environments will be honored if deemed best for the child and the class as a whole.
Parent Name __________________________ Student Name _________________________
1. Please describe your child’s strengths and weaknesses:
2. Please describe teaching strategies that have proved successful with your child in the past:
3. Please describe discipline strategies which have proved successful with your child in the past:
4. Please describe any special needs you feel your child has (academic, social, behavioral, etc.):
5. Other comments which you would like to make: