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Elementary

• All classes are Special Class 12:1:1, as regulated by the State Education Department. This means each class can have up to 12 students, 1 teacher, and 1 assistant.
• Teachers have specialized expertise in working with students with significant hearing loss.
• Instruction and communication is delivered in a multi-modal classroom environment. This means that both visual communication (ex: American Sign Language) and oral communication (ex: spoken English) are used depending on the primary modes of communication for the students in each class.
• Program-driven supports provided by related service providers to all classes in the areas of communication, hearing loss, social emotional learning, sensory, and motor development

Middle School

• All classes are Special Class 12:1:1, as regulated by the State Education Department. This means each class can have up to 12 students, 1 teacher, and 1 assistant.
• Teachers have specialized expertise in working with students with significant hearing loss.
• Instruction and communication is delivered in a multi-modal classroom environment. This means that both visual communication (ex: American Sign Language) and oral communication (ex: spoken English) are used depending on the primary modes of communication for the students in each class.
• Program-driven supports provided by related service providers to all classes in the areas of communication, hearing loss, social emotional learning, sensory, and motor development

High School

• All classes are Special Class 12:1:1, as regulated by the State Education Department. This means each class can have up to 12 students, 1 teacher, and 1 assistant.
• Teachers have specialized expertise in working with students with significant hearing loss.
• Instruction and communication is delivered in a multi-modal classroom environment. This means that both visual communication (ex: American Sign Language) and oral communication (ex: spoken English) are used depending on the primary modes of communication for the students in each class.
• Program-driven supports provided by related service providers to all classes in the areas of communication, hearing loss, social emotional learning, sensory, and motor development
• NYSSD collaborates with Madison-Oneida BOCES to provide Career and Technical Education (CTE) opportunities for students (information about the work study program to support CDOS credential)Ìý

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