Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS) is accepting applications for typical peer models for the Integrated Preschool Program. The MCS Integrated Preschool offers preschoolers, with and without disabilities, challenging experiences through a language-based curriculum. Peer model candidates serve as role models and helpers for students who have special needs.
Children should be 4 years old by August 15, 2021 to apply. Peer models must have average to above average speech/language, social, and cognitive skills to be considered and must reside in the city limits of Murfreesboro.
The Integrated Preschool classrooms follow a preschool curriculum emphasizing age appropriate developmental and kindergarten readiness skills. The program is a structured teaching environment where children with special needs and peer models learn together in a classroom that is staffed with one special education teacher and two education assistants. The interdisciplinary early childhood curriculum aims to synthesize research-based approaches in four domains of learning: mathematics, science, literacy, and social-emotional development.
Murfreesboro City Schools currently has 11 integrated preschool classrooms located in five schools within the city limits.
Screenings for peer model candidates begin in March 2021. A fee of $300 per month will be assessed for attendance as a peer model for the preschool program.
The Integrated Preschool Program is separate from the traditional preschool program offered through Murfreesboro City Schools.