How is the “team approach” utilized?
Following the middle school philosophy, each grade level of the program functions as an individual team with the sixth grade CBG students being known as the “Questors,” the seventh as the “Discoverers,” and the eighth as the “Trailblazers”. The CBG program is collectively known by the name of “Explorers”. The benefits of this approach are that each teacher is aware of what is happening within each grade level in addition to the program as a whole; cross grade level planning for programs, field trips, and presentations as well as interdisciplinary units is possible. The curriculum can be progressive and expansive because the teachers know what has been taught in each subject and at each grade level. With the teachers meeting weekly by grade level, student needs (as a group and individually) are discussed frequently and the program and curriculum adapted to meet these needs.
