Curriculum Design

         Courses

         Guidance Based Instruction

         Grading

         GPA's 

Courses:

All courses are developed by Mott Middle/Early College H.S. teachers and are aligned to the current Michigan Frameworks. 

All courses infuse interdisciplinary content and provide comprehensive coverage so that students will be more than adequately prepared for all standardized testing.

Every Mott Middle/Early College H.S. student will graduate with at least three college

credits, tuition covered by Mott Middle/Early College.

Guidance Based Instruction:

Every Mott Middle/Early College H.S. staff member is a teacher, and every teacher serves as an advisor for a small group of students called a Focus Group. 

The Mott Middle/Early College H.S. guidance based instruction philosophy is based on  Choice Theory by Dr. William Glasser. 

Choice Theory states: 

 

"All behavior is chosen.  Your behavior is your best effort to get want you want to meet your needs of survival, love, belonging, fun, freedom and power.

 

"You cannot control what happens to you.  You can control what you choose to do about what happens to you."

Grading:

The Mott Middle/Early College H.S. grading system is based on two principles: 

Grades are never used as punishment

Grades reflect cumulative learning

The Mott Middle/Early College H.S. school year is divided into five marking (grading)

periods that are approximately eight weeks in length.  With this practice students are able to gain credit sooner and see progress with a more timely feedback schedule.

Mott Middle/Early College H.S. is grounded in the Mastery Learning concept, which grades students with A, B, C, I (Incomplete) or No Credit - N/C.

If a student receives a No Credit a student must take the class again or a similar

replacement.

Students may continue to work on any “I’s” for four weeks following the end of a term.

After four weeks, a “No Credit” or new grade is issued.

GPA's:

A Fresh Start Toward a Successful Future is made real by the practice of wiping each students ninth grade GPA clean.

Mott Middle/Early College H.S. only accepts transfer courses for grades with a "C" or higher, other courses with a grade of a “D” are brought in as credit only, courses with a grade of "D-" are not accepted. 

With the MMC grading system, Mott Middle/Early College H.S. students will not graduate with a GPA lower than 2.0.