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IMPROVE Overview Video
About IMPROVE:
The IMPROVE Violence Prevention Program has been piloted for a 10 year period and includes student centered college coordinated instruction for grades 4 through 12. Additional IMPROVE immersions can also be implemented for the college setting. As a developmental education program, each level builds on learning from the previous level. The IMPROVE experiential education collegiate immersion program includes: 4th Grade - Local Hospital Immersion: Medical Perspectives of Violence 5th Grade - City Government Immersion: Law Enforcement Perspectives of Violence 6th Grade - County Government Immersion: Judicial Perspectives of Violence 7th Grade - State Government Immersion: Correctional Perspectives of Violence 8th Grade - Federal Government Immersion: National Perspectives of Violence 9th Grade - Thinking Locally, Acting Locally Social Action Immersion 10th Grade - Thinking Statewide, Acting Statewide Social Action Immersion 11th Grade - Thinking Nationally, Acting Nationally Social Action Immersion 12th Grade - Thinking Globally, Acting Globally Social Action Immersion College - IMPROVE Immersions Designed According to Field of Study The IMPROVE immersion model includes nine essential elements including:1) student centered college coordinated instruction; 2)instructional media integration; 3) dramatized, contrived and/or direct purposeful experiences; 4)civic engagement tours;5) community-based learning forums; 6) interactive breakout sessions; 7) service learning activities and reflection & empowerment; 8) multiple inteligence programming; 9) and empowerment through reflection. Inspired by the NSEE Experiential Education Community-Based Organization of the Year Award, Inspirational Media International has designed this web site to show interested school systems and governmental agencies across the country how IMPROVE can be implemented within their communities. |
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