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2008 Pediatric Convocation Watch the 2008 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Pediatric Convocation. Runtime: 10 minutes. |
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering is one of 40 hospitals in a city-wide program called Hospital Schools. Employed by the New York City Board of Education, our teachers help children and teens undergoing cancer treatment maintain their studies and prepare for exams.
The teachers work closely with each child's school and/or home instructor to enable a student to return to class after treatment with little or no loss of educational standing, as well as preparing children for all required tests, including Regents, SATs and GEDs.
On a typical day, the teachers begin by checking new admissions to the hospital and who is scheduled to come in for outpatient treatment. They note when each child is scheduled to receive tests and treatments, and plan their instruction around their students' days. They meet with each student for up to an hour -- extending their time if a child is feeling especially well that day. All instruction is one-on-one, based on each student's regular school curriculum and often using books and materials they've brought from school.
