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Switchable Mono/Stereo Headphones, $165.00, 0.00% raised
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I would like these headphones so that students watching the embedded video or lecture on their iPads can listen without being disturbed by other or without disturbing the education of those around them.
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 Meghan Herrmann started the fundraisers iPads for Progress and iPads for Progress Feb 26, 2013
Mrs. Meghan Herrmann
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mherrmann@wwacademy.com
Woodward Academy
Class Information:
Room Number: 245
Students per Class: 85
Class Description:
Woodward Youth Corporation (DBA Woodward Academy) is a non-profit organization founded in 1995 as a residential treatment center for male youth ranging in age from 12-18 years old. Since 2010, Woodward Academy has provided services for approximately 3,300 young men. Today, the academy serves approximately 250 residential students year round. Of the 245 current residents of Woodward Academy, 50 percent qualify for special education services, 70 percent have below grade level credit toward graduation, and 100 percent of them are at-risk and qualify for free and reduced lunch. According to MAP test scores, 31 percent of the academy students are 3 grade levels or more below grade level in reading and 29 percent are below grade level in science. Nearly all students have been court ordered to attend the academy for negative, delinquent behaviors including but not limited to sexual offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, motor vehicle theft, drug abuse, gang related activities, and weapons law violations.
Position:
Teacher
Needs:
Studies conducted during the last 10 years indicate that higher education in prison programs reduces the likelihood of a child committing another crime which translates into reductions in crime, savings in tax-payers, and an over-all increase in safety and wellbeing of communities. In their article Unlocking Potential: Results of a National Survey of Postsecondary Education in State Prisons Gorgol and Sponsler state that “earning a diploma during incarceration has been found to significantly reduce the likelihood of recidivism following release [and] more successful community reintegration” . Therefore it is crucial for both the young men at Woodward Academy and society as a whole for juvenile justice educators to formulate and implement a individually paced curriculum that gives students the opportunity to advance to their grade level and therefore decrease the odds of a continuation of delinquency and incarceration. My goals are to: (1) increase the number of delinquent youth achieving their high school diploma, (2) increase the number of delinquent youth successfully re-integrating into society (3) increase the safety and well being of American communities across the U.S. by decreasing the number of delinquents who relapse into crime. With these goals and objectives in mind, Woodward Academy proposes to purchase a classroom set of iPads in order to implement a self-paced, highly differentiated curriculum that focuses letting science students work at their on pace or accelerate through science in order to achieve an at grade level credit and work their way more quickly to a high school diploma. This program will serve as a clinical trial for other subject areas within the school. I need a classroom set of iPads so that students can come into class, sign into their iTunes U account and work at their own pace through the curriculum at their individual instructional level.
Personal Information:
About Me:
I am a recent University of Iowa Graduate. I obtained my bachelor's degree in science education with a minor in spanish.
Why Do I Teach?:
I teach to help all students reach their potential and see them succeed in both life and in their education. I teach to make a difference in the lives of my students!
Percent of Students are:
     At-risk: 100 %
     Special Needs: 50 %
Percent of Students are:
     White/Caucasian : 53 %
     Hispanic: 15 %
     African American: 20 %
     Native American: 1 %
     Asian: 1 %
Free/Reduced Lunch Program Enrollment:: 100 %
ESL Enrollment:: 5 %
Average number of students in class:: 17 students
Number of students I teach:: 85 students