Course Descriptions
| Basic Courses - Student Placement Based on Counselor, Instructor, and IEP Team Recommendation | |||||||
| COPE 1 (Level 1 Level 2) | 2 Credits 2 Semesters | ||||||
| Intesive Reading Required (level 1) Strategic Reading Required (level 2) | |||||||
| The Coeur d’Alene Occupational Pre-Vocational Education Program deals with the practical application of reading and written language skills necessary for situations in daily life. The curriculum provides effective, explicit, sequential, linguistically logical and systematic instruction for struggling readers, writers, speakers, and spellers. | |||||||
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| COPE 2 | 2 Credits 2 Semesters | ||||||
| The Coeur d’Alene Occupational Pre-Vocational Education Program 2 deals with the practical application of reading and written language skills necessary for situations in daily life and in the world of work. The focus is to provide "hands-on" experiences in areas such as problem solving, self advocacy, interpersonal communication and vocational development. | |||||||
| FUNCTIONAL MATH | 2 Credits 2 Semesters | ||||||
| Application of Pre-Algebra skills and Basic Math Skills with emphasis on rounding whole #'s, multiplication and division problems, learn to add grocery store shopping items by using sales tax, learning concepts of the checkbook and measurement by the ruler. Studying pre-Algebra concepts of geometric shapes, solving for the unknown, orders of operations, learning properties of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. | |||||||
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| LIFE SKILLS - ENGLISH | 2 Credits 2 Semesters | ||||||
| Learning Basic English Skills that will assist students in their transition to life after high school The practical application of reading and written language skills necessary for situations in daily life. This class is individualized and based on individual student needs. The focus is to provide "hands-on" experiences in areas such as,interpersonal communication, vocational reading and writing skills, and other basic skills. | |||||||
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| LIFE SKILLS - MATHEMATICS | 2 Credits 2 Semesters | ||||||
| Students will learn basic math skills which may include the counting of change to $20, telling time to the minute on a twelve hour clock, learning to accurately keep a check register, defining checkbook terms and balancing a checkbook. | |||||||
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| LIFE SKILLS - LIFE | 2 Credits 2 Semesters | ||||||
| Students learn basic Science, Social Studies, Social Skills, and Adult Safety. | |||||||
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| COMMUNITY WORK EXPERIENCE / WORKSITE | 2 Credits 2 Semesters | ||||||
| Students develop and practice cooking skills, housekeeping skills, explore current issues and activities in the community, leisure activities in the community, investigate employment/career options, and participate in vocational opportunities within the school setting and in the community. | |||||||
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| ACADEMIC SUPPORT | 2 Credits 2 Semesters | ||||||
| This class is designed to assist students with homework from their scheduled academic classes. In addition, students are taught to study for tests, keep organized, and be accountable for their own learning. | |||||||
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