| Operating since the Fall of 2000, the Tier
One Program at SCCC works in partnership with the United
States Army and Air
Force. More than 20 recruiting stations in the greater Capital
District now refer potential enlistees for GED preparation or Adult
Education. Traditional core subjects of mathematics, reading comprehension
and writing skills have always been at the heart of the program.
  With
the addition of Terri Petrocci (right) to the Tier team, we have
been able to implement a change in curriculum which has been extremely
well received by our students. In conjunction with our full time instructor,
Doug MacDonald (left), Terri has developed a thematic teaching
approach which integrates content from Social Studies and Science with
reading and math skills. This approach has not only been more interactive
but has allowed for multi-faceted lessons which address several skill
and content areas at a time.
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Perhaps
you have wandered the halls on the 3rd floor of Elston over the past several
months and noticed some seemingly bizarre behavior. What ARE the Tier
students doing rolling toilet paper down the hall? They actually are not
causing trouble but rather studying a scale model of our solar system
utilizing a visual representation of the varied and enormous distances
in space. In addition to being a great hands-on exercise, this lesson
included a peer teaching element where two graduating students prepared
and presented a portion of the material. The lesson culminated with an
online scavenger hunt to locate places in the solar system based on pictures
and written clues.
