TBSCC Recognized for Commitment to Children

An early intervention specialist visited TBSCC last week and noted the high quality of the learning environment she observed. Coming from an educational professional who visits many schools across the area, this is notable. We have achieved this success with help from Gateways: Access to Jewish Education.

Gateways operates to enable children with special educational needs to become successful participants in the Jewish community. After successful work in area day schools, research showed the need to expand these efforts to the early childhood setting. At TBSCC we have again been recognized for our commitment to meeting each child's needs as recipients of a year long grant. 

Individualized coaching and learning from Gateways will enable us to explore the latest research in child development and learn to apply this knowledge to make productive and lasting improvements to our school. The $3000 grant will provide developmental educators, early intervention specialists, occupational therapists, and speech pathologists for consultations and coaching.

Last year, the Gateways grant funded an occupational therapist consultant who observed the curriculum in action and led our teachers in an in depth study of fine motor development in young children. We studied the importance of pre-writing, drawing, another fine motor skill development through the lens of occupational therapy. As a result, you will find our teachers have an enhanced ability to scaffold experiences which support the healthy development of children's emerging writing skills. Without this grant, a small school like ours would not be able to provide such skilled attention to children's development.

Stay tuned to learn along with us.