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​​​CIAS CAMPUS SCHOOL

Many K5-12 students in the local community attend the CIAS Campus School. Students may attend school full-time (5 days per week), part-time (1-4 days per week) as Hybrid students, take group classes, or get tutoring lessons.

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EDUCATION MODELS 

"School-at-Home" Eclectic Homeschool Model

Since 1997, CIAS has utilized a unique eclectic "school-at-home" approach to the homeschool learning model at our Campus School. This includes implementing an individualized education for each CIAS student, starting with an intake screening for grades K5-2 and a Diagnostic and Placement Assessment battery (DPA) for grades 3-12. CIAS uses an eclectic list of curricula publishers (see below). Individualized subjects include but are not limited to the following subject areas:

• Mathematics

• English Language Arts (ELA):

  • Grammar & mechanics

  • Writing

  • Spelling

  • Vocabulary

  • Phonics

  • Reading

  • Literature

  • Handwriting & cursive

  • Creative writing

  • Research writing (MLA, APA)

• World Languages:

  • American Sign Language (ASL)- MS & HS​

  • Conversational Spanish- MS

  • Spanish- HS

  • French- HS

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Eclectic Curricula List

CIAS utilizes an ever-expanding list of eclectic curricula, listed in our CIAS Campus school Handbook (p. 24) and including but not limited to the following:

• Accelerated Christian Education (ACE School of Tomorrow)

• Alpha Omega- Lifepacs, Monarch

• A Reason for Handwriting

• Apologia

• Barton Reading & Spelling System (reading intervention)

• Bob Jones University Press (BJUP)

• Classroom Curriculum Press

• Educators Publishers Services/School Specialty (Explode the Code, Writing Skills, etc.)

• Easy Grammar

• Five in a Row

• Florida Virtual School (FLVS Flex)

• Harcourt Brace

• Masterbooks/Answers in Genesis

• Modern Curriculum Press

• Notgrass

• Pearson

• Progeny Press

• Rod & Staff Publishers

• Saxon Math

• Scholastic

• Spelling Power

• Teaching Textbooks Math

• Veritas Press

• Writing With A Purpose 

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Project-Based Learning (PBL) Model 

CIAS utilizes a project-based (or activity-based) learning model for all elementary grade classes, and also provides these learning opportunities for our middle and high school grade students as well. Project-based learning subjects include but are not limited to the following subject areas:

• Math

• ELA

• Social Studies/History/Geography

• Science 

• STEAM

• Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

• Visual & Performing Arts: 2-D, 3-D, music

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Charlotte Mason Model

CIAS Campus School elementary classes utilize the Five in a Row curriculum for grades K5-3. FIAR is a Charlotte Mason method.

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Charlotte Mason proposed that children should be given time to play, create, and be involved in real-life situations from which they can learn. Students of the FIAR Charlotte Mason method at CIAS go on field trips and activities, participate in project/activity-based learning, and learn math, languages, literature, history, geography, and science from “living books," books that make these subjects come alive.

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Additional Information

Dr. Marcia Tate's Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites

https://www.developingmindsinc.com/

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TEACHER TEAMS

The CIAS Campus School teachers teach in teacher teams. Our teacher teams consist of various combinations of teaching staff, including but not limited to the following partnerships:

• 2 Co-Teachers (GENED + SPED)

• 2 Co-Teachers (2 GENED)

• Lead teacher + Co-Teacher

• Lead Teacher + Co-Teacher + Teaching Assistant

• Lead Teacher + Co-Teacher + Classroom Aide

• Lead Teacher + Teaching Assistant

• Lead teacher + 2 Teaching Assistants

• Lead teacher + Teaching Assistant + Classroom Aide

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CIAS utilizes a co-teaching teacher model at our Campus School to provide a balance between GENED and SPED/ESE student instruction and help support classroom management, behavior management, and RTI intervention (Tiers 1-3).

 

Information Sources:

Dr Marilyn Friend's The Power of 2 video and Co-Teach! book

Co-Teach! https://coteach.com/

The Power of 2 https://youtu.be/T521qVbUBiM?si=I8bmXn7JrAqAW3fH 

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GRADE-LEVEL INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS

​All GENED (neurotypical) and SPED/ESE (neurodivergent) students learn and work together in inclusive classrooms. Our grade levels are grouped into the 6 classes:

Early Elementary- K5-1st

Lower Elementary- 2-3rd

Upper Elementary- 4-5th

Middle School- 6-8th

High School- 9-12th (2 classes)

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LOW TEACHER-STUDENT RATIOS

CIAS purposefully keeps our teacher-student ratios low so that our teachers are able to address the learning needs of all our students, providing small-group learning opportunities, activity-based learning, and one-on-one tutoring as needed. The lowest ratio is in early elementary: 1:6, and the highest ratio is in high school: 1:12.​​​

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SPECIAL EDUCATION/ESE/NEURODIVERGENT STUDENTS

Special education/ESE/neurodivergent students are integrated into regular general education classrooms and receive multiple levels of Response to Intervention (RTI), intervention with varying tiers of accommodations and modifications, maintaining academic rigor to target learning objectives and standards of learning (SOLs) in a least restrictive environment (LRE).

 

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DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING & PLACEMENT ASSESSMENTS

All students who apply and are admitted to the CIAS Campus School complete a complete and thorough battery of intake screening and/or Diagnostic Placement Assessments (DPA's) in the following subjects and including but not limited to the following instruments:

• English: ACE

  • ​grammar

  • mechanics

  • syntax & sentence structure

• Math: ACE & Teaching Textbooks

  • foundational knowledge

  • grade-level placement

• Reading: ACE & the Burns/Roe Informal Reading Inventory

  • ​decoding/reading fluency

  • silent reading comprehension

  • auditory/oral reading comprehension

  • curriculum placement

• Learning Modality/Style: the VARK & others

• Multiple Intelligences Analysis

• Explode the Code phonics screening (Orton-Gillingham)

• Barton Reading & Spelling System screening (Orton-Gillingham)

 

These screening assessments and DPA's are then graded and evaluated, and the CIAS Principal meets with the Campus School teacher teams to prescribe an individualized curriculum plan. Then the teacher team sets up a Parent-Teacher Meeting (PTM) appointment to meet with parents of new students to review and explain the test results and discuss the individualized curriculum and learning plan.

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SCHOLARSHIPS

CIAS accepts Step Up For Students scholarships; see our SCHOLARSHIPS webpage for more information. We also offer the "Daniel Patrick Jones, Jr. Scholarship," in honor of our Founder, to students who have financial need.

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FULL-TIME SCHOOL

When students attend CIAS full-time, five days a week, their Teacher Teams facilitate their education, creating a positive academic environment where our students thrive and grow academically, socially, emotionally, spiritually, and psychologically. Full-time students receive a variety of educational services, including, but not limited to, lesson planning, tutoring, study help and instruction, assistance, monitoring, and supervision. All SUFS scholarship students may attend the CIAS Campus School full-time.

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PART-TIME/HYBRID

When students attend CIAS part-time, one to four days a week, their Teacher Teams facilitate their education, creating a positive academic environment where our students thrive and grow academically, socially, emotionally, spiritually, and psychologically. Part-time students receive a variety of educational services, including, but not limited to, lesson planning, tutoring, study help and instruction, assistance, monitoring, and supervision. On the days that they are not at the Campus School, they complete schoolwork assignments at home under the supervision of parents or guardians.

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CLASSES

CIAS offers various classes every school year for multiple grade levels. We believe that classroom learning is a valuable part of a well-rounded student's academic background. Our classes of approximately 8-22 students provide an ideal environment for students to safely learn and grow in their knowledge and understanding of academic subjects in a small classroom setting.

 

Here is a comprehensive list of all classes that we may offer to our students, as well as to the local homeschool community. For registration information, please email the school office.​​