Environmental Charter School at Frick Park

Who is ECS? As the world changes and becomes increasingly more complex, global citizens will need to be equipped with skills that allow them to be flexible thinkers, creative problem solvers, and effective leaders. ECS offers a program that develops students into critical thinkers, thoughtful innovators, and well- rounded scholars. We provide students the tools and educational foundation to become tomorrow's global citizen, and we strive to teach students how their choices impact

ECS believes in designing educational systems that meet the needs of all learners, while taking into account the importance of relationship building and the continuum of student learning over time. In addition to our curricular innovations, we incorporate the following research-based best practices that drive our school culture around educational excellence and build relationships with students over their educational career. The ECS Instructional Framework supports the following practices: Inclusion Inclusion is the practice of educating children with disabilities in classrooms with children without disabilities. The ECS Instructional Framework supports full inclusion. Full inclusion places a special education (LS, learning support) teacher as a full partner in a classroom with a general education teacher. Full inclusion supports collaboration between content teachers and special education teachers, increased access for all student for additional support and/or enr