The goal for the students is to learn to find satisfaction in group and individual activities. They learn the social expectations created by being a member of a group and learn to enjoy the results of group membership. Students are also shown the connection between what they do and what happens to them. Teaching is more through assignment sheets and exercises and less through lectures or classroom discussion. Work is individualized because students come to TLC at different achievement levels.
Students receive grades at quarter and semester.
Grades given by TLC will be averaged into the student's quarter grades, unless an E grade was given. In addition to the individual activities for academics, we have developed various projects that give students hands-on and group experiences that they would otherwise miss while away from the middle school. The transition component includes goal setting and follow-up meetings with students individually and at times in groups at the middle school. A transition meeting produces a goal transition sheet with goals, recommendations for the middle school staff, summary of progress, and plan for follow-up by TLC staff and others. We build positive change by changing the student's classroom experiences.