Transportation for Community Based Instruction
Kalli Nowitzke, Kellison Kohler, Angela Anderson, Beth Kovarik
The goal of this program is to go into the community and practice academic goals and career goals in real life scenarios. This helps students to see the purpose in their learning and make connections between what they are learning in school and how it applies to the real world, future living and employment. The students in the High Needs Resource Room also plan to complete the community lessons with peers. The students will also work on using public transportation to obtain access to the community as public transportation is how our students will gain independence in their community as their peers of the same age learn to drive on their own.
Dexter High School currently offers consortium courses for students to explore their field of study in a hands-on experience. Community Based Instruction allows students to explore the community and apply learning to real life situations. For example, at the grocery store students will make a grocery list, make a budget for their list, write down the aisles to locate their items, recognize how the store is organized, read labels and locate items on shelves, compare prices, calculate tax and sales etc. This allows students to work on real life math and literacy skills.