Projects and Partnerships
Appalachian State Public School Partnership (ASPSP)
The Appalachian/Public School Partnership includes the school systems from Alexander, Allegheny, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Watauga, and Wilkes Counties. This partnership is designed to foster collaborative relationships among the college, university, and public schools in the region. The Partnership strives to address common educational issues and problems and has a number of activities and resources that support teachers, students, and administrators.
Adult Basic Skills Professional Development Project (ABSPD)
Through extensive training programs and materials, ABSPD provides a professional development structure upon which all North Carolina community college Basic Skills instructors can build a successful literacy program. It is estimated that the ABSPD Project's two Summer Institutes impact over 8,000 ABS instructors annually.
Appalachian Transition to Teaching Program (ATTP)
Through the joint efforts of the Reich College of Education and the Office of Extension and Distance Learning, The Appalachian Transition to Teaching Program (ATTP) is a U.S. Department of Education grant initiative to provide teacher preparation focused on meeting the needs of a non-traditional teacher population--lateral entry teachers (already teaching on a provisional basis in schools within the ATTP region), and licensure-only candidates (potential teachers who have non-education degrees in fields that may or may not align with existing licensure areas).
Beginning Teacher Support Network (BTSN)
Provides support for ASU graduates as they begin their new teaching careers by continuing their relationship with the ASU community, assisting with professional development, facilitating connections with peers, professors, and other educational professionals, and problem-solving support.
Blue Ridge Family Literacy Project
The Reich College of Education and Gear Up staff have designed and are facilitating a tech-based learning program for parents and their children in public schools in Watauga, Ashe, Avery, Alleghany, and Burke Counties. The focus of this program involves the celebration of local culture through the authorship of family histories, to be told to children by their parents, and then published electronically and in printed form as anthologies of community experiences.
CI/SPE 2800 : Teachers, Schools, Learners
CI/SPE 2800 Learning Partners Tutorial Program operates in a partnership with local public schools. The program provides students (in the public schools) with tutoring in reading and subject matter area. The program is offered during the school day in Title 1 programs and classrooms along with tutoring in after school programs. The program benefits everyone involved. Students at the public school receive tutoring and ASU students apply theory to practice.
Communication Disorders Clinic (CDC)
The primary purpose of the Communication Disorders Clinic is the provision of "hands-on" clinical learning experiences for students. The secondary purpose is the provision of quality professional services to persons in the region. The Clinic consists of 8 therapy rooms with adjoining observation rooms, a sound proof booth with complete audiometric equipment, waiting room, student work area, preschool classroom area, and office area.
Early Literacy Project
Theoretically and functionally, direct instruction and activity-based intervention exemplify two distinct intervention procedures. The major goal of this research project is to examine these two procedures, and compare their effectiveness on the acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of early literacy training targets.
Fifth Dimension (5thD)
The teaching philosophy of the Fifth Dimension is to provide children with as much help as they need, but only when help is needed. We view instuction as joint activity, the co-construction of a "zone of proximal development by two or more participants, mediated through language and other cultural tools.
Family Support Network of the High Country (FSN-HC)
Information & Support for Families of Children with Special Needs in Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, & Yancey counties. Parent-To-Parent FSN-HC is an affiliate of the Family Support Network of North Carolina and sponsored by Appalachian State University and the Blue Ridge CDSA. All services are completely free and confidential.
