Alternative Education/Schools

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• Positive behavior program and multiple positive behavioral supports, including stipends paid to students.
• A small school atmosphere - four to twelve students per class
  Individualized instruction based on IEP’s
• Career to Work - experience and work study at all grade levels
  Individual and / or group counseling.

The Narragansett Campus offers Career/Technical education in areas such as: Culinary Arts, Carpentry/Building Maintenance, Landscape Design, Auto Detailing, Cosmetology, Horticulture, Small Engines, Woodturning, and Woodworking, Auto CAD, HTML-Web Page Design, and Video Production.

Ocean Tides is partnered with the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) for the areas of Engineering and Technology.

Ocean Tides is Lasallian school and residential program that is committed to providing a challenging, safe and healthy learning environment designed to meet the social, emotional, behavioral, and intellectual needs of each individual.

Additional day program located in Providence is listed separately.
Ocean Tides School Providence
260 Highland Avenue
Providence RI

The Providence Campus offers a certified special education program and a career/technical education program. The student body at the Providence Campus is comprised of students referred by their school district for educational purposes (both regular and special education) and career/technical training.

The Ocean Tides School offers Career/Technical education at the Providence Campus. Students are involved in areas such as: Culinary Arts, Carpentry/Woodworking, Landscape Design, Engineering, and Technology. Ocean Tides is partnered with the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) for the areas of Engineering and Technology.

The Ocean Tides School Providence Campus is an alternative day school for students in grades seven through twelve. Offering a full high school Rhode Island Regents diploma, the school is licensed by the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
Ocean Tides Narragansett campus is listed separately.

The East Bay Educational Collaborative (EBEC) provides a Regional Alternative Program (RAP) called the A. William Josephs Career Academy (AWJCA).  The AWJCA serves students of high school age who have been diagnosed as having significant learning, behavioral, and/or emotional disability. The EBEC public school districts provide this educational opportunity when the needs of a student can not be met within his/her public school.

This alternative learning program and serves all School Districts in the East Bay Area as well as North Providence, Woonsocket, and Pawtucket. Only school districts may make a direct referral of a student to the Academy.

Donna Ottaviano, Ed. D. Executive Director, East Bay Educational Collaborative

Email Dr. Ottaviano

The Met is a state funded public school district

The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center offers a unique and innovative career and technical program to all high school aged children in Rhode Island.

Lena Correa is Director of Special Education

The Met Community School(MCS) was created in 2003 to offer academic and enrichment programs to the Met Community through funding from the 21st Century Community Learning Centers and the US. Department of Education. The MCS targets all Met students, their families and our community that extends beyond our neighborhoods and throughout the state. Programs are held at our Public and Peace Street Campuses which include spaces in the 5 small schools, Media and Arts Center, Fitness Center, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation as well as in community settings.

The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center (MET School). The Providence Community Health Centers, Inc. operates a school-based clinic during the academic year at The Met School. The Adolescent Health Center serves as a “medical home” for the Met students. It serves students from ages 13 to 20. The Health Center delivers a comprehensive array of services.

The Met is a state funded public school district.

The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center offers a unique and innovative career and technical program to all high school aged children in Rhode Island.
Lena Correa Director of Special Education

The Met is a network of six small, public high schools located in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island. With high standards and strong family engagement, the Met’s individualized learning approach has proven successful in unlocking students’ passion for learning. The Met empowers its students to take charge of their learning, to become responsible citizens and life-long learners. The hallmarks of a Met education include internships, individual learning plans, advisory, and a breakthrough college transition program.

Foundations Academy-Social Emotional [https://www.nric-ri.org/Foundations-Academy-Social-and-Emotional]

Foundations Academy- Developmental [https://www.nric-ri.org/Foundations-Academy-Developmental-Program]

Career Foundations [https://www.nric-ri.org/Career-Foundations-(Transitional-and-Vocational-Services)]

Auditory and Oral Foundations Program in a separate listing

Northern Rhode Island Collaborative, a public, non-profit educational institution dedicated to providing special education programs and other educational services to school districts and community partners in northern Rhode Island.
Brian Quigg, Director of Educational Services
bquigg@nric-ri.org
(401) 769-6445

• Academic Program link
• Behavior Program link
• Related Services link
• Career Readiness link

At Ocean State Academy, we strive to create a collaborative and therapeutic learning environment in which the best elements of traditional public school settings are combined with the personalized attention and continual support that students with special needs require. Our academic, behavioral, clinical, and transitional services are fully integrated into the curriculum so that students are learning and growing in all domains throughout the day.