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Global Concepts Charter School
Guide to Special Education and Student Support Services
Global Concepts Charter School
K-8 Building
1001 Ridge Road
Lackawanna, NY 14218
Global Concepts Charter High School
30 Johnson Street
Lackawanna, NY 14218
Special Education and Student
Support Services Office
716-821-1903, ext. 2007
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
What is Response to Intervention? (RtI)
- Multi-tier approach to supporting students through interventions
- Begins with high-quality instruction in the classroom and universal screening of all students
- Students who are not progressing are referred for interventions
- Interventions are provided in:
- Literacy/Reading
- Mathematics
- Speech enrichment
- Occupational Therapy enrichment
- Physical Therapy enrichment
- Social/Emotional Counseling
- Data collection is used to determine if students respond to intervention
- Students who have not shown significant progress may be referred for a full individual evaluation through the home district’s Committee on Special Education.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Global Concepts Charter School will educate students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment with their non-disabled peers, as allowed by their Individual Education Plan (IEP). Individual Education Plans are developed in cooperation with the Committee on Special Education (CSE) of the students’ school district of residence.
Highly qualified and certified special education teachers will provide consultant teacher services and resource room services as indicated on Individual Education Plans.
How is special education defined in New York State?
Special education means specially designed individualized or group instruction or special services or programs and special transportation, provided at no cost to the parent, to meet the unique needs of students with disabilities.
What is specially designed instruction?
Specially designed instruction means adapting, as appropriate to the needs of an eligible student, the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction to address the unique needs that result from the student's disability; and to ensure access of the student to the general curriculum, so that he or she can meet the educational standards that apply to all students
PROGRAMS AT GLOBAL CONCEPTS CHARTER SCHOOL
Consultant Teaching (CT)
- pushes directly into the general education classroom to provide specially designed instruction
- helps keep students on task
- makes needed modifications to classroom assignments
Resource Room (RR)
- supplements regular classroom instruction
- provides direct specialized instruction
- instruction targets specific deficits as noted in the student's Annual Goals
Related Services
Providers deliver services in an individual or group setting in:
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Social/Emotional Counseling
Students who experience sensory processing issues are identified for sessions in our Sensory Room or our Sensory Path at the K-8 building.
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Our Mission, Vision and Beliefs
Our Mission
Global Concepts Charter School will use an innovative approach to challenge and support our students to have a positive impact in an ever-changing world.
We will accomplish this mission through a truly innovative curriculum that involves the following:
- A standards-based curriculum.
- A focus on character education in both our academic and fine arts components.
- Accountability in a result-based delivery of instruction.
- A stronger emphasis on family and community.
Our Vision
Global Concepts Charter School is a community that supports the diverse needs of the whole child in response to the challenging demands of a global society.
How our Vision looks:
- Parents and the community will be involved at GCCS. They will be welcomed, invited, and appreciated for their part in the success of the charter school
- Children will be recognized for their academic achievement and admirable character. They will exhibit an excitement for learning.
- The school will be renowned for its excellent educational program.
- Parents will continue to express their interest in enrolling their child at Global Concepts Charter School.
Our Beliefs
Our beliefs represent our core values. They are the essence of who we are at Global Concepts Charter School. We believe that students are the central focus of all our efforts!
- We believe that family, school, and community engagement contribute to students' individual growth and success through continuous communication, collaboration, mutual respect, shared accountability, and a commitment to learning.
- We believe the environment for our students is safe and civil, conducive to individual learning, compassionate, welcoming, family-oriented, and responsive to the needs of a changing world.
- We believe all individuals are unique and diverse, with the capacity to be critical thinkers, lifelong learners, and global citizens.
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