Skills
Welcome to the CSW Skills Center!
The Skills Center provides an opportunity for students to improve their academic skills and begin to understand their individual learning styles. Students address executive function skills such as planning and prioritizing, task initiation, sustained attention, working memory, and self-advocacy. They also learn to apply academic skills such as active reading, expository writing, class participation, note taking, and oral presentation to their coursework. All students leave the class with a “toolkit” that includes personal reflections and strategies to reach their outlined goals.
- Students new to the Skills Center will assess their strengths and weaknesses through self-evaluation exercises and learning style assessments.
- All students will outline specific goals for the module, work to improve skill sets, apply newly learned skills to their course work, and improve study habits and strategies
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Students without courses that require regular written work also follow a Skills Center syllabus that focuses on specific skills and strategies
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With permission from the Academic Office, English Department Chair, and Skills Center Director, students may earn English credit for Skills Center courses
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All students are expected to meet homework requirements for their other courses
The Skills Center is available every module during A, B and C blocks. Students receive a letter grade. With special permission, students may take a Skills Center course during the academic day on a P/F basis.
The Skills Center offers an evening support class in the Kluchman building from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday. Students are graded on a P/F basis.
The Skills Center Director also makes referrals for neuropsychological testing and private tutoring/coaching as needed.
Math & Writing FUNdamentals
Math & Writing FUNdamentals
CSW offers drop-in Math FUNdamentals on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST via Zoom.
Writing FUNdamentals are offered as a drop-in on Mondays/Wednesdays from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. via Zoom.
Skills Faculty
List of 2 members.
CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.