HENRY BARNARD SCHOOL
Rhode Island College's Laboratory School

Functions of a Laboratory School

Clinical Teaching Experience
Provide for observation and participation in a setting of quality educational practice and may provide a higher level experience for selected education majors who are in need of advanced, more rigorous experience prior to certification.

Research
Provide a setting for a variety of investigations that can be conducted by professors, graduate students and others.

Experimentation
Provide a laboratory of human resources to engage in the trial, development and refinement of innovations that may not be necessarily research based.

Curriculum Development
Provide a setting to create, test, pilot, and evaluate new curriculum materials and teaching strategies.

Staff Development
Provide a site conducive to educational staff development for the diversity of personnel found in schools.

Please visit these web sites related to our school's mission

FSEHD Feinstein School of Education and Human Development at RIC

NALS International Association of Laboratory and University Affiliated Schools