Special Education Experiential Design - SEED
Overview
The HCOS Special Education Experiential Design (SEED) program, brings students together with GSuite including Google Classroom and many other digital resources, allowing EA or parent support to be given easily. The exciting and innovative virtual tools create expectations that encourage students to strive to reach their potential. SEED successfully captivates students, allowing them to learn at their own pace and through their personal interests. SEED facilitates a group experience in a creative environment under the guidance and direction of an HCOS SEED teacher. The virtual aspect allows pacing, technology in the place of handwriting, and robust support through EA and/or parents in the home.
Vision Statement
In Experiential Design, the goal is that all learning (SEED) is planted deeply and given the opportunity to be rooted and grounded with solid comprehension. By fully experiencing learning practically and personally with authentic and meaningful projects wherein choice, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and creativity are a part of the teaching pedagogy, students’ educational experiences will far surpass mere knowledge without experience. Learners will be filled up with the richest of opportunities to grow and blossom into who God has created them to be, and also be provided with meaningful interactions and experiences with the world around them as followers of our amazing, loving God.
Ephesians 3: 16-19 Amp.
May He grant you out of the riches of His glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through His Spirit in your inner self, [indwelling your innermost being and personality], 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love, 18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; 19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].
2020/2021 SEED Course Offerings
- Grades Five to Nine program covers five grade level courses:
- All courses are adapted unless previous arrangements are made with SEED Teacher, SE Teacher, RA and SEED Admin
- IEP courses can be offered to grade 10-12
- Adapted courses available for Grades 5 - 9
- Applied Design, Skills and Technologies
- Bible
- Language Arts
- Science
- Social Studies
- Grad - some students (modified) in grades 10-12 may be a good fit to join the grades 8 and 9 in SEED. This can be discussed with the SEED teachers and admin - Steve Bastian.
- SEED Teachers:
- April McLeod teaches Grades 5-9 Adapted and Grades 5-12 Modified
- Sinead Roy teaches Grades 5-7 Adapted
- Shannon Beglaw teaches Grades 8 and 9+ Adapted