High/Scope is one of four early childhood models advocated for use in preschool and kindergarten classrooms by the South Carolina State Department of Education. The High/Scope model provides a framework through which our program content and state standards are taught. A High/Scope teacher always considers these components when planning learning activities for young children:

Active Learning
Adult-Child Interactions
Learning Environment
Daily Routine
Assessment/Planning

HIGH/SCOPE PRESCHOOL MODEL
Preschool classes utilize the High/Scope Preschool Model, which includes these components in each day:

Large Group Times (Music & Movement, Story Times)

Small Group Times

Plan-Do-Review (Center Time) - Child-initiated, uninterrupted work time where children execute their plans. The teachers work along with the children to observe, support, and extend ideas.
Outside Play
Lunch
Rest

HIGH/SCOPE ELEMENTARY MODEL (K-3)
Kindergarten classes utilize the High/Scope Elementary Model, which includes these components in each day:
Large Group Times (Opening/Closing, Class Meetings, Story Times)

Workshops – Language, Math, Science, Social Studies
Plan-Do-Review (Center Time) – Child-initiated, uninterrupted work time where children execute their plans. The teachers work along with the children to observe, support, and extend ideas.
Special Areas (Art, Music, PE)
Lunch
Outside Play
Quiet Reading Time/Rest Time

High/Scope was developed in 1962 in Ypsilanti, Michigan by Dr. David Weikart who served as Director of Special Services for Ypsilanti, Michigan Public Schools at the time. Years of longitudinal data and research have found children from High/Scope classrooms are better prepared for school, experience less need for special education, have better high school graduation rates, and have fewer criminal arrests. In addition, studies have shown that children from High/Scope programs outperform children in comparison programs in the following areas:
Initiative
Complexity of Play
Social Relationships
Problem Solving

Cognitive Development
Motor Development
Language & Representational Ability

“Active learning is defined as learning in which the child, by acting on objects and interacting with people, ideas, and events, constructs new understanding. No one else can have experiences for the child. Children must do this for themselves.”
- Mary Hohmann & David P. Weikart