This staff development has served as the catalyst for esprit de corps among staff. The Titus C-SIP activities involved students in activities designed to improve reading comprehension. Teachers engaged students in such learning and reading techniques as semantic mapping, graphic organizing, webbing, and clustering. These techniques assisted students in a visual interpretation of the printed word. Additionally, theme months were established by the teaching staff.
Students read books and materials about rain forest plants and animals.
They discovered reasons for the endangered status of this unique ecosystem. A presentation by a naturalist from the Center for Species Survival was the culminating activity. Proposals due for international education and cultural exchange of education leaders. Applications due for development or expansion of community service programs. Papers due for National Educational Computing Conference.