About My School
I teach Pre-Kindergarten Special Education at G.W. Carver Primary in Gonzales, Louisiana. G.W. Carver Primary is a part of Ascension Parish, a semi-rural community located just southeast of Baton Rouge. G.W. Carver Primary is a Pre-Kindergarten-5 school that serves:
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587 students (48% female, 51% male)
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64% African American students; 23% White; 10% Hispanic
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86.4% of students receive free or reduced lunch (NSLP)
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6% of students are English Language Learners (ELL)
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16% of students identify as having a learning exceptionality
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42% of Pre-Kindergarten students are funded by Head Start
G.W. Carver Primary offers services for special education, gifted and talented education, and English language proficiency. Students K-5 attend selected electives including art, music, physical education, computer, and STEM. Students in grades 4-5 are provided Chromebooks under a Google 1:1 technology grant. Additionally, G.W. Carver was awarded the TAP Founder’s Award in 2017 by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) for efforts to advance educator development and student learning.
About My Classroom
I teach Pre-Kindergarten Special Education in a “reverse-inclusion” room; this model prescribes that while exactly half of my students have developmental or learning exceptionalities, and receive early intervention services, the other half of my students are typically developed peers who act as oral language models. Currently, I service:
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8 students total (4 special education students, 4 typical peer students)
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4 boys and 4 girls
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50% African American students; 25% White students; 25% Bi-racial students
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Exceptionalities include developmental delay, speech apraxia, autism spectrum disorder, spinal bifida, and deaf/hard of hearing
Instruction for English Language Arts aligns to the Louisiana State Standards for four-year olds, while Math instruction follows Eureka Math curriculum by Engage New York.