Resource Program

Resource Director
Mary Lou McCauley, mmccauley@cccss.org
934.4964, ext. 275

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Contra Costa Christian Schools has a long-standing tradition of educating children in Christian families. Occasionally, those children experience difficulty with one or more academic areas. Our Resource Room is a place where students who have trouble learning can thrive and grow. Resource is offered to students from kindergarten through high school.

Enrollment in Resource

Students may be enrolled in the Resource program through recommendation by parents, teachers or administrators. If a student is referred to Resource, but has no known prior difficulty, assessments are administered to ascertain possible avenues of learning difficulty. From these assessments, the Resource director will determine areas of strengths and weaknesses, what classroom accommodations might be indicated, what skills need to be enhanced, and possible referrals for continued assessment.

Program

Students who are accepted into the Resource program will meet with the Resource director three to five times per week. These sessions will address the particular areas of concern for the student including assistance in the following areas:

• homework,
• remediation of basic skills
• tutoring
• modification of the student’s program

Once a student becomes part of the Resource program, parents are encouraged to contact the Resource director at any time with particular concerns that need to be addressed. At all three levels - elementary, middle school and high school - conferences may be conducted to meet with all teachers, parents, administrator and Resource director.

Accommodations

Accommodation plans are drawn up by the Resource director and shared with all teachers. Accommodations include, but are not limited to, the following:

• extended testing time
• oral test-taking
• taking math tests with the use of a calculator
• assistance with organization
• aid with expression of written work.

Parents of students with recognized learning disabilities are encouraged to contact the school and make an appointment with the Resource director.