From the student's perspective, they realize academic rigor is expected of them. The students are expected to be participatory students. They must record their activities in their planner book. |
The academy program allows for consistency with teaching students. Without the academy, a student would have five or six different teachers that have different ways of doing things. |
The program fosters communication between teachers and students. Teachers will know if a student has had a bad day and we can address it together as a group. We will ask a student what they dislike. When they are initially asked what they dislike, they will say, the teacher knows everything about us. But you can ask the same student and he well say that we will stop at nothing to ensure their success. |