Essential Principles Evaluation

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Assignment 6: Essential Principles Evaluation

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Joeetta Eutsey-Walker TSOL 562
Cultural and Cross-Cultural Studies

Nova South-eastern University
March 5, 2017

Demographics
Honey Lake Middle School is a large middle school. The student to teacher ratio of 13:1 is significantly lower than the average for middle schools in Georgia (15.8). Students may enroll in 6th - 8th grade. 799 students, or 83.1% of the student population at Honey Lake Middle School identify as African-American, making up the largest segment of the student body. A typical school in Fairburn is made up of 85.3% African-American students, so Honey Lake Middle School has a very similar ethnic distribution compared to other schools in the city. …show more content…

This school districts have cut back on their funding for drama clubs and family and consumer science programs and either reduced the number of afterschool sports offered or put a hefty price tag on participation. The end result is that an increasing number of low-income students find themselves left on the sidelines. High minority and low-income students’ population in this school system have become increasingly disengaged and disconnected, their participation rates are …show more content…

Every Monday and Friday for 30-45 minutes the entire student body participate in a lesson from The Boys Town Education Model Building positive relationships. At its foundation, the BTEM is about building healthy, positive relationships between students and one another, as well as between students and staff. The goal of the BTEM is to create a healthy school environment through effective classroom management techniques, relationship building, and social skills instruction. The Boys Town Education model can also be divided into four topical components: building positive relationships, teaching social skills, reinforcing social skills, and responding to problem behavior. Similar to Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, the BTEM is based on research in applied behavior analysis and social learning theory (Hensley et al.,

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