River Springs Academy
River Springs Academy is committed to providing high quality academic programs that meets the highest standards of evidence for efficiency in theory and in practice. Based on highly respected theoretical models, our school applies research findings to produce statistically significant improvements in children’s behavior and academic performance while building social capital among parents, families, schools and communities. River Springs Academy is built on the theoretical foundations and rationale of our philosophy of providing the highest and upmost quality of education as well as experience through extensive, up to date scientific studies, and research. River Springs seeks to provide the best possible academic experience …show more content…
This will allow all the subjects across the disciplines to become integrated and relate them to what we learn in life. Then being accountable to parents, students, and the community. Our school wants to make sure to focus on the school as a community. Which will create and allow a shared vision with a clear and vital mission statement. Teachers as leaders will have the opportunity to work as teams with the principal as the lead teacher. In addition, the parents as partners who are viewed as the child's first and most important teacher. We want to make sure we have a climate for learning where students are encouraged to become disciplined, creative, and well-motivated learner. A school environment with resources for learning from blocks to books while serving the whole child's physical, social, and emotional well-being is extremely important to us. Then overall we have a commitment to providing good character by instilling core virtues taught by word and deed such as honesty, giving, respect, self-discipline, responsibility, perseverance, kindness, and …show more content…
Children development follows general, patterns and is interrelated. So knowing and understand milestones and sequences of development in all domains and using child development information for planning and identifying activities, environments, experiences, and strategies for large or small groups or individuals to best promote growth and learning. In addition, each student develops differently. So it is crucial to know each child’s strengths, abilities, needs, challenges, interests, temperament, and approaches to learning. As well as their individual skills, ideas and joys. This can be done through time spent together such as conversations, observation, assessment, work samples, documentation, and information from families and past teachers or programs. Knowing each child’s cultural and family background is important because what makes sense to children is their own culture and teachers has to be considered along with overall child development and learning