Use This Form for Students Who

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Alternate Curriculum

Use this form for students who:

 have had a comprehensive assessment completed

 have an identified exceptionality that includes moderate global delay or severe mental handicap

 may meet eligibility requirements for Criteria C categorical teaching support

 require programming that is a totally alternate curriculum

Note

 An alternate curriculum consists of programming in the following eight domains:

 Functional Academic Skills

 Functional Communication Skills

 Functional Decision-making Skills

 Functional Living Skills

 Social Skills

 Sexuality

 Self Concept/Self Esteem

 Non-Scheduled Time Usage

Student: Grade: ______Date: ______

 Students who proceed through school on an Alternate Curriculum will not be eligible to receive High School credits.

 When implementing an Alternate Curriculum it is important to ensure that all eight domains are addressed in the educational component of the ISSP.

 The special education teachers and all others with responsibility for implementing outcomes of the program should have a copy of the relevant curriculum areas and a complete copy should be kept as the educational component of the student=s ISSP and forwarded to the ISSM.

 District office personnel will have access to this information upon request.

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Components of an Alternate Curriculum

The following are the necessary components of an Alternate Curriculum.

$ State the intent or purpose of each domain:

 rationale

 intended learning outcomes

$ State the outcomes to be achieved by the student:

$ Provide an outline of the content to be covered in each domain:

 topics

 strands

$ Specify the instructional strategies which you will use to support the student=s achievement of the learning outcomes:

 direct

 indirect

$ Specify the learning environments.

$ Specify the evaluation strategies to measure student achievement of the outcomes

$ Specify the learning resources, appropriate to the student=s needs and interests, which will be used to promote student achievement of the intended learning outcomes.

A copy of the completed Alternate Curriculum is then attached as the Educational component of the ISSP.

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Consent Form

Alternate Curriculum

K - Level III

Consent

We, the undersigned, have been involved in the Individual Support Services Planning process.

We have reviewed this educational component. We have been informed of the significance and implications of this alternate curriculum. We agree to this educational component at this time.

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Parent SignatureDate

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Parent SignatureDate

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Student SignatureDate

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Classroom Teacher SignatureDate

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Special Education Teacher SignatureDate

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Principal SignatureDate

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SignatureDate

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