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Power Hitter® Classroom provides team-building, recreation and academic enrichment for kids through a dynamic and proven, sports-themed program. For fifteen years, Power Hitter® materials have provided:
Teachers — rookies and veterans alike — with a prototype that supports use as a complete curriculum.
After school programs - with a prototype and materials that offer mentors a prescribed and easy to follow tutoring model.
Home schooling parents - with math, literacy and integrated skills programs.
Pro Teams - with a sponsored youth giveaway at your stadium, spring training or pre-season camp for future fans.
Curriculum, booklets and characters (football, baseball, basketball) make it easy to offer giveaways, after school enrichment, and/or academic integration and reinforcement of literacy, numeracy and technology skill sets for kids’ ages 7-12.
For Schools/Teachers/Home School Parents:
The Power Hitter® Classroom centers-based instructional model incorporates hands-on activities, critical thinking, small group and peer learning, connects academic areas to real life application, and is a fun way to learn.
After School/Summer/ Boys & Girls Clubs:
Teachers, athletes and college student volunteers trained in the use of this program, remark how engagement, motivation to learn, attendance and math and literacy achievement improved for students in grades 3rd – 8th and Special Education.
What Research Says:
(1)The two most statistically significant negative predictors of high academic achievement in the United States today are low family income and ethnicity. If these predictors are combined, as so often happens, the probability that a student will be academically successful, let alone a high-achiever, diminishes even further. Research literature notes how issues related to motivation, differentiating instruction and student achievement, particularly among economically disadvantaged youth, requires interventions beyond ‘regular’ classroom sessions (Jalongo, 2007; Mc Donald, Kessler, Kauffman & Schneider, 2006; Varlos, 2005).
“Boys score lower in language arts on standardized tests. Boys populate special education classes and are more likely to be labeled as learning disabled. Two thirds of the students receiving special education services in the United States are male. Additionally, boys are 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder than girls; and of the 1 million children currently taking Ritalin, three-fourths are boys. Boys dominate school discipline statistics; boys enroll in fewer advanced courses and have higher dropout rates. Their rate of enrollment in college is declining.” Taylor, D. & Lorimer, M. (December 2002/January 2003).