Pathfinder
Learning Center
9-12
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 Pathfinder
Learning Center is committed to academic excellence in a non-traditional
setting to ensure that students graduate, enroll in
post secondary education, and become productive citizens and
lifelong learners.
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Goals
- Instruction: To
Provide a clear focus on academic learning, high academic standards
with creative instruction.
- Professional
Development: To provide ongoing professional development
activities that help teachers to maintain an academic focus,
enhance teaching strategies and develop alternative instructional
methods.
- Decision
Making: To provide autonomy that builds creativity,
instructional excellence, trust, and loyalty among staff.
- Community: To
provide opportunities for students and staff to share expectations
for learning. To encourage students to take a variety of courses
that enable them to pursue their interests and aspirations;
To promote a positive image of Pahtfinder Learning Center within
the District and the community at large.
- Social
Development: To Network with community agencies
such as San Marcos Youth Council, Casa Esperanza, Hays Caldwell
Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and Texas State.
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Criteria/Circumstances that Determine Need for Alternative
Instruction |
- Poor
school attendance
- Poor
grades
- Lack
of appropriate grade level skills
- Emotional
or behavioral difficulties
- Personal
circumstances that require greater flexibility in a school
program
- Parenthood
or expected parenthood
- Behind
in credits for graduation
- Failure
to pass the Exit exam
- Dropped
out of school
- Dissatisfaction
with regular high school program
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- Completed
a successful stay at Rebound
- Boredom
with school
- Feeling
of alienation
- Need
for instruction tailored to learning styles
- Students
on the waiting list at PRIDE
- Priority
given to:
- 2nd
and 3rd year freshmen
- Students
completing Rebound
- 2003-04
freshman that failed 3 or more core subjects
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