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Imagine at Tempe has high academic standards based educational programs, which are designed to meet the needs of the whole child.
Each teacher incorporates 120 minutes of Language instruction and 90 minutes of Math everyday. Imagine at Tempe provides opportunities for each student to reach individual potential by varied methods of instruction including cooperative learning, technology and center based activities.
We assess students throughout the year to assure individual student learning gains. Assessment data is used by teachers and parents to develop individual student learning plans which ensure academic success. Imagine at Tempe encourages hands-on learning through the use of many different curriculum tools.
Teachers attend regular professional development to share ideas and grow as educational leaders.
Sincerely
Sonia Gonzales
Imagine Schools Standards-Based Curriculum
At Imagine Schools, we have developed a curriculum that guides teachers and students toward the high level of learning expected in today’s world. This process is used every time lessons and assessments are planned. It describes the curriculum and, along with the Imagine Schools School Design Model, sets the parameters for teaching and learning in an effective classroom. The curriculum represents the best thinking of education professionals, as well as the input of business and community members as to the needs of students in a global society.
The curriculum is characterized by challenging academic standards that lead to high achievement for all students. Standards are clearly articulated at each grade level, building upon a solid content base in each academic subject. Students expand prior knowledge through a spiraled thematic curriculum, focusing on inquiry and project-based applications of key concepts and universal ideas. Instructional practices vary, ensuring that teachers meet the needs of students with diverse learning styles.
The curriculum provides students and teachers with world class learning opportunities, with a focus on the following:
Learner centered results
Authentic and challenging materials and activities
Critical thinking and creative problem solving
Technology as a learning tool
A hands-on, minds-on approach to learning
Personal and global perspectives
Reflection and exchange of ideas
Interdisciplinary thematic units
We believe that engaging students in a rigorous standards-based curriculum is essential to student achievement and success. The curriculum characteristics allow for flexibility, yet maintain high and appropriate expectations for all. At Imagine Schools, the curriculum ensures that students enjoy the moment, and learn for a lifetime.
Language Arts
Houghton Mifflin - read more
Accelerated Reader - read more
Accelerated Reader provides a technology based learning platform; allowing teachers to:
Make essential reading practice more effective for every student.
Personalize reading practice to each student’s current level.
Manage all reading activities including read to, read with, and independent reading.
Assess students’ reading with four types of quizzes: Reading Practice, Vocabulary Practice, Literacy Skills, and Textbook Quizzes.
Build a lifelong love of reading and learning.
Spalding - read more
The Spalding Method is a total language arts approach. It provides explicit, sequential, multisensory instruction in spelling (including phonics and handwriting), writing, and listening/reading comprehension.
Spalding is a diagnostic method. That means assessment for learning is continuous so that instruction can be tailored to meet each child's individual needs. Spalding is not a lock-step one-size-fits-all approach.
STAR Reading - read more
Assess students' reading levels in less than 10 minutes.
Receive accurate, reliable, norm-referenced reading scores including grade equivalents, percentile ranks, and normal curve equivalents.
Determine the appropriate level of challenge for each student to personalize practice and individualize instruction.
Predict results on high-stakes, standardized tests, including ITBS, CAT, SAT, and TerraNova.
Track growth in student reading achievement longitudinally, facilitating the kind of growth analysis recommended by state and federal organizations.
Mathematics
Harcourt - read more
Accelerated Math - read more
Accelerated Math provides a technology based learning platform; allowing teachers to:
Creates paper assignments tailored to each student's current level.
Automatically scores all math practice, including assignments and tests.
Provides ongoing feedback on students' daily practice.
Helps you differentiate instruction, addressing each student's individual needs.
STAR Math
Assess students’ math levels in less than 15 minutes.
Receive accurate, reliable, norm-referenced math scores including grade equivalents, percentile ranks, and normal curve equivalents.
Determine the appropriate level of challenge for each student to personalize practice and individualize instruction.
Predict results on state and national standardized tests including ITBS, CAT, and TerraNova.
Track growth in student math achievement longitudinally, facilitating the kind of growth analysis recommended by state and federal organizations.
Science & Social Studies
Harcout School Publishers - more about Harcourt
1438 E. Southern Ave.
Tempe, AZ 85282
Office Phone: 480-355-1640
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