ABOUT DELC
Digital Educational Learning Center (DELC) is registered in New York State as a charitable not-for-profit organization with the main purpose of striving to promote and maintain a nurturing and rigorously challenging learning environment. DELC prepares your child to be competent, constructive and proactive to the academic challenges faced within their local school environment.
DELC is an After School Program that offers more than just after school care for your children. DELC also offers one-on-one and group tutoring. We intend to work in conjunction with neighborhood schools to meet the needs of your child in the areas of:
+ ELA
+ Mathematics
+ Reading
+ Social Studies
+ Penmanship
+ Science
+ Common Core Prep
+ Standardized test prep
Our professional and experienced staff:
+ Caters to the learning style of your child
+ Focuses on the academic needs of your child
+ Assists your child with with their Homework
+ Uses technology to further engage your child
+ Creates a teaching Curriculum customized to the needs of
your child
+ Provides Updates to parents on the progression of child
CORE VALUES
Faith, Hope, and Change are the pillars on which DELC stands.
Professionalism, Accountability, Transparency, Equality, Achievement, Integrity, Truth and Humility Are the Hallmarks of our Expectancy Towards the Road to TrueSuccess.
With the Enactment of Faith and hope, we believe that all
children can learn.
Our teachers, learning support staff, and all constituents of our learning environment work together to ensure that we educate the whole child.
About The Director
Joel Thomas
Pastor Joel Thomas is an ordained Minister and has been involved in Ministerial work for many years.
He has been an educator for 42 years in both the public and private sector. Mr. Thomas has served in various positions within the Education System, including Acting teacher, Substitute Teacher, Senior Master and Principal.
He worked for several years with the Administration of Children Services as a Child Protective Specialist in New York City. During this time, he amassed a wealth of experience in the field of child welfare.
Mr. Thomas believes that the didactic approach to educating our children should not be based on a "one cap fits all" scenario. He believes that each child is unique and that instructions should be tailored to synchronize with the child's frame of reference. For example, their learning style and learning preferences.
Mr. Thomas believes that the school should work closely with the child's family and home school district in helping the student to develop skills, attitudes and values that would prepare them for the real world scenario.
He predicates that children need to learn that " The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge" (Proverbs 1:7).
I love that I can use the computers to do research and learn more about different topics.
- Student
I love DELC because they give me homework and I always get stickers.
- Student
DELC is great because they help me with the subjects I am weak in.
- Student
Abeena Thomas
Abeena Thomas is a dedicated and committed educator with over seven years of classroom experience in various New York City elementary and intermediate schools. She possesses extensive training in both the general and special educational needs of students, with commitment to promote the highest level of achievement in all students.
Ms. Thomas has demonstrated the ability to relate effectively with students of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. It is her philosophy that all students can learn when fostered in a caring academic environment and given the right tools to forge their own educational path.
Adjua Sampson
I am convinced that each child is a unique individual who needs a secure, caring, and stimulating atmosphere in which to grow and mature emotionally, intellectually, physically, and socially. My life’s mission as an educator is to help students meet their fullest potential in these areas by providing an environment that is safe, supports risk-taking, and invites a sharing of ideas. The elements conducive to establishing such an environment are, teacher acting as a guide, allowing the child's natural curiosity to direct his/her learning, and promoting respect for all things and all people.
CERTIFICATION, LICENSURE, & EDUCATION
New York State School Building Leadership/Initial Certificate, 2013
New York State Permanent Certificate in Science, (Grades 7-12), 2008
Mercy College, Manhattan, NY -Masters of Science in Supervision, 2013
Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, NY- Masters of Science in Education, 2002
City University of New York, Manhattan, NY- Bachelor of Arts, June 2000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Middle School Science Teacher - Grades 7-8
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Integrate differentiated instruction and instructional strategies to generate student interest.
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Evaluate and track student progress in class by using various evaluations and student work samples.
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Maintain positive relationship with students and parents while holding students to a high standard of acceptable class work.
High School Science Teacher – Grades 9-12
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Instructed students based on Living Environment curriculum.
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Created and implemented lesson plans for whole-class instruction to multiple grade levels.
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Provided students with individualized homework support.
