Inclusiveness at Work: THINK College Partners with Macfeat Laboratory School

This presentation describes the partnership that exists between Winthrop’s Macfeat Laboratory School and THINK College. Winthrop University’s THINK College Program aims to “provide an inclusive post-secondary education experience to students with intellectual disabilities to prepare them for competitive employment and active participation in local communities with as much independence as possible” (http://www.winthrop.edu/thinkcollege/). Since 1895, Macfeat Laboratory School has served Winthrop University and the community as a research, demonstration and training center for best practices in early childhood education. Macfeat has two preschool classes for three and four year olds and one multi-age kindergarten class. The school provides a unique learning environment for both children and Winthrop students, including Winthrop’s THINK College students. This semester, two THINK College students are interning in a Macfeat preschool classroom. The presenters will offer a brief description of both THINK College and Macfeat Laboratory school and will describe the positive outcomes from THINK College interns working in a Macfeat preschool classroom. Personal anecdotes, photos and videoclips will be used to describe the experience