Elementary classrooms

Our Elementary classrooms are multigrade self-contained settings that are designed to meet the social-emotional and cognitive needs of each individual student. The class environment is engaging and promotes social discourse with its small group instructional and large group social skill building.

The hands-on-learning environment encourages learning through play as well as facilitating individual growth and development. Our staff are well versed in child development and learning strategies that afford each student the opportunity to achieve their goals.

middle school classrooms

Our Goals:

• To have fun learning while working hard to change challenging behaviors.

• To help our students focus on their individual behaviors, both as a student and as a peer.

• To provide a safe and enriched learning environment for our students.

• To provide students with positive and socially appropriate replacement behaviors.

• To provide students the tools necessary to be successful in life.

Curriculum:

English/Language Arts Math Social Studies Science

Physical Education Social Skills

Our Process:

• Set goals

• Create a plan for positive change and implement it.

• Provide daily academic schedule.

• Help them recognize areas they need to work on.

• Work both individually and in groups to finish assignments.

high school classroom

At Placer Learning Center, our high school classroom focuses on academics as well as appropriate classroom behaviors by:

• Encouraging independent learning.

• Enabling students to make connections between the lessons and the world around them.

• Preparing students for the transition back into a public school classroom.

For our students to be successful in the classroom, it is imperative that they become conscious of how their behavior affects their education. Once this concept is understood, our staff works with each individual to help replace inappropriate behaviors with more acceptable behaviors thus allowing students to channel that energy into their school work. By utilizing an individual learning plan, we can tailor the lessons to maximize the educational benefit for each student as well as apply them to real life situations outside of the classroom. Once our students begin to see that the concepts we teach can apply to their daily lives, it increases their desire to build upon these foundations and explore new ones.

transition classroom

The LIFE SKILLS & TRANSITION classrooms have a productive environment designed to assist students with a variety of special needs. The primary focus is on developing life skills through teaching functional academics and daily living skills with a strong concentration on social skills. Our Transition Coordinator teaches the students: -Budget and Banking -Volunteering -Work/Job placement and skills.

Skills that promote the health and well-being of children and adolescents are:
-Decision making -Problem solving -Creative thinking -Effective communication
-Interpersonal relationships -Self-awareness -Empathy -Coping with emotion/strsss.

S.t.r.i.v.e classroom (Structured teaching reinforced in a visual environment)

The STRIVE classroom serves students in a multi- grade classroom and was designed to meet the unique learning needs of students whose intellectual levels require intensive instruction.   By utilizing evidence based teaching methods, applied behavior methodology and research-based curriculum,  this classroom is geared to learning through a multi-modal approach which is routine, consistent and very visual!

Staff provide a safe, structured learning environment where the focus is to develop life-long learning skills while building positive socialization opportunities. 

Functional skills Classroom

The Functional Living Skills classroom is FUNctional!!!

Each day students are exposed to a wide range of learning opportunities all designed to be Fun, Communication Rich and Purposeful.  Utilizing the Unique Learning System and several other curriculum enhancements, the class works through a routine schedule which includes both group lessons as well as individual programs.  Evidenced based theories and Applied behavior methods are evident as soon as one enters the Room 12 Tornadoes space! The room really rocks out at the end of the day for Dance Party!