MCC Preschool receives 5 year grant for Classroom Engagement Model, CEM, from Minnesota Department of Education. The Classroom Engagement Model is a framework for improving engagement and promoting full participation of every child in a classroom setting. The model emphasizes teaming and collaboration to embed opportunities to learn and practice functional goals into daily routines.
Staff will learn strategies such as establishing consistent Routines within Routines, creating activities to engage all children, implementing a Zone Defense Schedule, and Integrating Therapy into routines in order to promote engagement, independence and social relationships.
Classroom Engagement Model benefits children with disabilities as well as typically developing children and can be implemented in typical education and care settings, inclusion programs and Special Education classrooms.
Through training and coaching, practitioners increase their ability to engage all children, learn strategies to engage individual children, generate ideas for teaming and collaboration and expand their understanding of how to use data to drive instruction and intervention.
The quality of the relationships and interactions among adults affects the success of programs and in effect the children and families in their care.
What are the Benefits?
• Staff have the skills to increase engagement of every child.
• Staff look to each other as sources of additional information and support.
• Staff become intentional and purposeful in interactions with children in order to build on their strengths.
• Community partnerships are strengthened through collaborative practices.
• Families and caregivers are included in a meaningful way in planning and delivery of their child’s services
• Improving and promoting full participation of every child in the classroom.
MCC Little Rebels staff are excited for the challenge and looking forward to the benefits not only for our students, but staff and families as well.
Todd Burlingame
MCC Elementary Principal
Staff will learn strategies such as establishing consistent Routines within Routines, creating activities to engage all children, implementing a Zone Defense Schedule, and Integrating Therapy into routines in order to promote engagement, independence and social relationships.
Classroom Engagement Model benefits children with disabilities as well as typically developing children and can be implemented in typical education and care settings, inclusion programs and Special Education classrooms.
Through training and coaching, practitioners increase their ability to engage all children, learn strategies to engage individual children, generate ideas for teaming and collaboration and expand their understanding of how to use data to drive instruction and intervention.
The quality of the relationships and interactions among adults affects the success of programs and in effect the children and families in their care.
What are the Benefits?
• Staff have the skills to increase engagement of every child.
• Staff look to each other as sources of additional information and support.
• Staff become intentional and purposeful in interactions with children in order to build on their strengths.
• Community partnerships are strengthened through collaborative practices.
• Families and caregivers are included in a meaningful way in planning and delivery of their child’s services
• Improving and promoting full participation of every child in the classroom.
MCC Little Rebels staff are excited for the challenge and looking forward to the benefits not only for our students, but staff and families as well.
Todd Burlingame
MCC Elementary Principal