While the Sioux Falls School District has established a PRO-TIME curriculum, many teams experiment with their own activities. Pat Magwire agrees, although she believes the success level of PRO-TIME varies from team to team. In general, PRO-TIME is more difficult for the Encore staff to teach. It was helpful for us to compare the two. Homebase Students have a different advisor each year.
Students have the same advisor for the full four years.
Goals center around meeting the needs of adolescents. Goals center around meeting the needs of adolescents. Advisor functions as a relationship builder and assistant to student. Advisor functions as a parent liaison, relationship builder, assistant to student, and attendance taker. Team as a whole is responsible for parental contact.