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Alternative Education

Alternative Education

 

Alternative education is a specialized approach to learning designed for students who thrive outside the structure of a traditional comprehensive school setting. Far from being just a disciplinary placement for behavioral concerns, alternative education serves as a versatile, supportive environment for a wide spectrum of learners who need a different path to success.

 

It is a place for:

  • An Academic and Emotional Reset: Providing students with a fresh start to rebuild their confidence, recover lost credits, or re-engage with their education at their own pace.

  • Smaller Group Settings: Offering low student-to-teacher ratios that allow for individualized attention, tailored instruction, and strong, supportive mentorship.

  • Flexible Frameworks: Utilizing non-traditional schedules, blended learning, and hands-on, experiential projects that accommodate different learning styles and life circumstances.

  • Holistic Support: Focusing heavily on social-emotional learning, mental health resources, and life skills alongside core academics.

 

Ultimately, alternative education reframes success by recognizing that a standard classroom layout isn't a one-size-fits-all solution, providing a distinct, empowering community where students can rediscover their academic potential.

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Dr. Chauncey Malachi

Coordinator of Alternative Education and Student Services

116 Edwards Road

Chesterfield, SC  29709

843-623-5104

Student Services and Administration


bell schedule

 

Teachers will:

  • provide a daily 30-minute mini-lesson
  • implement multiple CFU strategies during instruction
  • facilitate small-group intervention during Edmentum work sessions
  • provide opportunities for evidence-based reasoning and discussion
  • incorporate literacy and justification strategies across content areas
  • utilize progress monitoring and conferencing to support student growth
  • Monitoring and logging during mini lesson - behavioral and engagement notes
  • Edmentum- monitoring for academic honesty and logging in charts. 

 

Goal 1: Student Goal Setting and Academic Ownership

Goal 2: Cross-Curricular Literacy and Justification of Thinking

Goal 3: Academic Intervention and Credit Recovery Support

Goal 4: Student Engagement, Accountability, and Postsecondary Readiness


To meet these goals, Alternative Education will implement the following

  • small-group instruction
  • targeted intervention
  • blended learning models
  • executive functioning support
  • explicit literacy instruction across content areas
  • student goal setting and conferencing
  • progress monitoring
  • evidence-based writing and reasoning strategies