Hawthorne School Parent-Student Handbook 2016-2017
RESOURCE PROGRAMS
Children may spend up to one-half the instructional day in a resource program receiving specialized instruction in a small group setting.
ADDITIONAL HELP
Eligible Hawthorne students may also get extra out-of-classroom, small group instruction in reading, math, or both. Instruction in English as a Second Language is also available.
GIFTED AND TALENTED
The Teaneck Academically Gifted Program( TAG) will provide an enriching, rigorous, varied and continuous curriculum with differentiated learning opportunities for all students based on their multiple intelligences. At the elementary level, the goal of TAG is to nurture students to find their giftedness. All students will be introduced to the Junior Great Books program to explore higher-level thinking and will receive math enrichment in their classrooms with support from the TAG teachers. In fourth grade, TAG students will participate in multidisciplinary seminars, lead by the TAG teacher. In the fall, all fourth grade students will take a cognitive abilities test. The results of the cognitive abilities test, along with the NJ ASK results, teacher and parent recommendations, and portfolio assessments will identify students for participation in the middle school TAG program. Further information regarding the TAG program is available from Amber Halpern, TAG Teacher, at ahalpern @ teaneckschools. org.
TEACHER QUALIFICATION NOTICE
As a parent of a student at Hawthorne, you have the right to know the professional qualifications of the classroom teachers who instruct your child. Federal law allows you to ask for certain information about your child’ s classroom teachers. Specifically, you have the right to ask for the following information:
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Whether the New Jersey State Department of Education has licensed or qualified the teacher for the grades and subjects he or she teaches.
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Whether the New Jersey State Department of Education has decided that the teacher can teach in a classroom without being licensed or qualified under state regulations because of special circumstances.
� The teacher‘ s college major; whether the teacher has any advanced degrees and, if so, the subject of the degree( s).
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Whether any teachers‘ aides or similar paraprofessionals provide services to your child and, if they do, their qualifications.
Please be assured that the Teaneck Public School District has an extensive recruitment and screening process to ensure that each classroom teacher hired not only holds appropriate NJ
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