Troubled Teens Curriculum, Technology, Instruction

Curriculum Program

The curriculum that is used by Turning Winds Academic Institute stretches the mind of the student and enables them to apply skills and knowledge which they have learned.

Turning Winds Academic Institute provides several programs and activities that are designed to reach all students. All programs offered at Turning Winds Academic Institute are designed to enhance the students' educational experience.

At Turning Winds Academic Institute all students are given the opportunity to progress at their own pace in school. Students are able to participate in activities that will encourage them to excel and achieve to their full potential.

Turning Winds Academic Institute provides students with the many enrichment activities: service projects, fieldtrips, physical training, recreational sports, outdoor education courses and life skills courses. These activities provide students with the opportunity to gain community based knowledge.

Instruction

The Academic Institute focuses on personalized instruction to reach all students and to best meet students' various learning levels. Cooperative learning activities are used to engage students as active learners and promote deeper understanding of concepts. The teachers' main goal is to help students become self-directed learners. Students are responsible for their own learning; teachers act as academic coaches which allow students to reflect on their own work.

Technology

At Turning Winds Academic Institute, students are taught to be technologically literate, life-long learners. Students and teachers use the most current technologies for improving the teaching/learning process. Students graduating from Turning Winds Academic Institute possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to succeed in an increasingly complex, global, information-based society.

Curriculum Program

Instruction

Technology

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