Scope, Academics, Technical Education & Career Counseling
VCDHH employs 178 staff including 39 teachers and 22 certified professional consultants, nearly all of whom have a Master Degree, and 13 interpreters. In 2006, there were 85 day and resident students within the four schools and an additional 600 students served by regional consultants. The Parent Infant Program, ASL Program and Family Sign Language Mentor Program provided services to an additional 150 individuals in the past year. During the same period, the Vermont Center served 3700 audiology clients and provided 1100 interpreter referrals.
The Austine School student to teacher ratio is approximately five to one. The elementary school program uses a combination of the Montessori Method, the VFSLO (State of Vermont Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities) and the VCDHH curriculum to develop within students the foundation of knowledge, communication proficiency, critical thinking and conflict resolution skill, and a level of maturity to transition into middle school and beyond. The middle and high school continue to focus on the whole student and adhere to curricula based upon VFSLO. Core classes are English, Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, Health, Keyboarding and Physical Education. Electives are also provided.
Austine also provides specialized classes for students with multiple disabilities or special learning needs. Each student is encouraged to explore and discover the art of independent and collaborative learning. Additional opportunities take place through a Career Exploration class, a Business Education class, work-based learning, vocational assessment and transition planning. High school students participate in Austine's innovative supported onsite learning program at Brattleboro Union High School and may apply to the Southeastern Vermont Career Education Center in Brattleboro for courses that develop specific employment skills in sixteen different fields.
The schools in Bennington and Williston provide a multi-age, least restrictive environment for instruction in reading, writing, math, social studies, science and spelling in order to assist these students in becoming mainstreamed.
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