For in-school use, Collaborative Classroom has created language arts programs that focus on decoding (i.e., phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency), reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, and writing. Collaborative Classroom has also developed reading, mathematics, and science enrichment programs specifically designed for use in after-school environments. Aligned professional development is offered for each of these programs.
Collaborative Classroom has created research-based in-school programs that are designed to support teachers' learning as well as students', so that teachers with varying levels of experience can implement them successfully. 1 and as a research-based drug abuse prevention program by The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).2 The program is also included in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices and endorsed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA).3
Collaborative Classroom offers after-school enrichment programs that are focused on reading, math, and science.
Collaborative Classroom supports each of its programs with tailored professional development services.
1. Solomon, D., Battistich, V., Watson, M., Schaps, E., & Lewis, C. (2000), "A six-district study of educational change: Direct and mediated effects of the Child Development Project," Social Psychology of Education, 4, 3–51; and Munoz, M.A. & Vanderhaar, J.E. (2006). "Literacy-embedded character education in a large urban district: Effects of the Child Development Project on elementary school students and teachers." Journal of Research in Character Education, 4, 27–44.
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (http://casel.org/programs/selecting.php Archived 2010-03-05 at the Wayback Machine) http://casel.org/programs/selecting.php ↩
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Examples of Research-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Programs (http://www.drugabuse.gov/Prevention/examples.html) http://www.drugabuse.gov/Prevention/examples.html ↩
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices. (http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/programfulldetails.asp?PROGRAM_ID=158 Archived 2008-12-20 at the Wayback Machine) https://nrepp.samhsa.gov/programfulldetails.asp?PROGRAM_ID=158 ↩