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| The Libby Workshop Program is a two-hour pull-out program
for district-wide special education secondary students who need vocational
work skills. Students “earn while they learn” as they
complete projects in the workshop. Projects include: producing wooden
shipping boxes and crates; building bird houses and bird feeders;
producing projects for the holidays; planters for the spring; and
custom work for Spokane Schools. Workshop projects are completed for
public and private schools, community agencies, businesses, and local
clients. The Workshop program is similar to a job. The students are
paid for the work they complete as well as proper work ethics. |
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Workshop Goals:
The student who participates successfully in the Libby Center Workshop
program:
- is graded for his/her attendance
- acquires generic work skills
- working independently
- working in small groups
- produces work for sale to the community
- develops work ethics
- quality of the product
- quantity of the product
- works in a professional, controlled learning environment
- becomes self-directed and self motivated
Steps to Admission:
- The student is brought to the attention of the Multi-Disciplinary
Team (MDT) at his/her home school. An Education Specialist or Student
Case Manager meets with the student, teacher, and other appropriate
school
personnel to discuss the program and placement options.
- Following assessment of the student’s needs and a determination
that the student could benefit from participation in the Workshop program,
the home school refers the student to the Principal of Libby Center.
- The Education Specialist or Student Case Manager, the Libby Center
Principal,
and the teacher of the Workshop discuss the options for the student.
At this time
the placement decision is made.
Educational Goals:
Benefits include:
- working with students who have struggled with academics
- discovering their capabilities and talents working with their hands
- completing the Workshop program and continuing to a Strive placement
or placement in Images at Spokane Community College
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