ACCELERATED CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
This will be our first year using A.C.E. All of our staff members have been trained on the A.C.E. approach to ensure that every child receives individualized instruction.
Since 1970 Accelerated Christian Education has published individualized curriculum and provided training in its implementation for grades K-12. Students are tested diagnostically upon entering schools using the program. Students are then placed in the curriculum in each subject at their own performance levels determined by the results of the diagnostic tests.
The unique format of the curriculum allows students to advance from unit to unit as they demonstrate mastery. Students move independently through the curriculum under the supervision of instructors who provide tutoring at the optimum moment of learning.
Accelerated Christian Education is more than quality academics. The curriculum is built on a theistic philosophic foundation. Students learn to see life from God's point of view. Their personal relationship with God and their personal responsibilities to family, church, and community are of primary concern.
Each year, Accelerated Christian Education hosts exciting national and international conferences, seminars, and conventions for educators, parents, and students. These events provide opportunities for practical application, leadership, and training in which SFCA students will be active participants.
Since 1970, the A.C.E./School of Tomorrow curriculum has been a proven and highly successful program which majors on distinctives and places each child at their exact academic ability by diagnostic testing, provides a solid back-to-basics education program, a course of study individualized to meet a child's specific needs and learning capabilities, incorporates goal setting, character building, and wisdom principles. The curriculum also teaches critical thinking skills, encourages parental involvement and produces academic excellence.
The A.C.E./School of Tomorrow curriculum is built upon these five basic laws of learning:
Students must be at levels where they can perform, reasonable goals must be set, students must be controlled and motivated, and learning must be measurable.
LEARNING MUST BE REWARDED
We have found this program to have a great impact on the lives of young people, instilling the philosophy of Christian character in their thinking. Our curriculum, with its emphasis on Christian principles that lead to Godly attitudes and proper conduct, totally integrates the academic and spiritual training of home and church. The curriculum is non-denominational and provides a theistic course of study that not only teaches that the Bible is the accurate Word of God, but also teaches every subject from the Biblical point of view.
THE MATERIALS ARE PRESCRIBED FOR INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS
A student can move ahead faster or go slower at the best rate for him. He is not locked into a schedule that goes on regardless of whether he has learned the material. Neither is he required to wait for others when he is ready to advance. This is the essence of the mastery system.
Individualization makes it possible for each student to master the subject before moving on. Such mastery is the foundation upon which all future learning is built.
Individualization produces academic excellence. Students take responsibility for their own learning. Biblical character training received as part of this learning experience prepares students to welcome and accept challenges and opportunities that come their way.
THE CURRICULUM TEACHES CHARACTER
Biblical values and concepts considered foundational to relationships and productive living are conveyed throughout the curriculum in such a way as to become life-shaping influences.
Character traits like kindness, loyalty, and honesty are taught within the curriculum, whether it is Math, English, History, or whatever course the student takes. Students observe character development in cartoon strips and then apply the character lesson to their own lives.
THE MATERIALS ARE SELF INSTRUCTIONAL
Using the A.C.E./School of Tomorrow materials, a student is able to work on his self-instructional PACEs (Packets of Accelerated Christian Education). Even when the supervisor is giving attention to another child. The student can work independently and learn how to take responsibility for learning. Although teachers are not required to lecture or make lesson plans, they do need to be present during study times to supervise, motivate, and occasional explain instructions or lead students in a thought process to arrive at an answer. The A.C.E./School of Tomorrow curriculum is ideal because it allows students to study individually with minimum assistance.
DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
Diagnosis refers to the testing by which a student's achievement levels are determined. Proper academic diagnosis is vital to academic success and cannot be stressed too much. Past experience has proven that a child's promotion from one grade to another does not necessarily indicate that all materials have been mastered at that level. In view of this, students should not be assigned academic work on the basis of grade level or on the basis of age. Instead, students should take our diagnostic tests in the areas of English, Math, and Word Building to determine skill and concept mastery. Directions for giving the tests and determining where they should begin are included in the tests there are score keys available, so you can score these tests yourself. Once scored, students are prescribed based on their diagnosed level of academic achievement. The English diagnostic test covers levels one to 8. There are two separate tests for Math; the levels one to 4 test and the intermediate Math tests for levels 5 to 8. The Word Building diagnostic test is contained in the back of Score Key for the English diagnostic tests. There are tests for Social Studies and Science to determine their reading comprehension level, but you can determine this by looking at a recent achievement test, without necessarily having to do these.
If weak areas are evident from the testing, the appropriate PACEs are prescribed to strengthen specific weaknesses. After completing the gap PACEs, the student begins continuous progress at his achievement level. Generally, a student is placed in the curriculum at the beginning of his performance level, according to the diagnostic tests. If the student demonstrates mastery at all levels of testing (thru eighth level) and is in High School, he has the ability to function at his chronological grade in the High School curriculum.
This will be our first year using A.C.E. All of our staff members have been trained on the A.C.E. approach to ensure that every child receives individualized instruction.
Since 1970 Accelerated Christian Education has published individualized curriculum and provided training in its implementation for grades K-12. Students are tested diagnostically upon entering schools using the program. Students are then placed in the curriculum in each subject at their own performance levels determined by the results of the diagnostic tests.
The unique format of the curriculum allows students to advance from unit to unit as they demonstrate mastery. Students move independently through the curriculum under the supervision of instructors who provide tutoring at the optimum moment of learning.
Accelerated Christian Education is more than quality academics. The curriculum is built on a theistic philosophic foundation. Students learn to see life from God's point of view. Their personal relationship with God and their personal responsibilities to family, church, and community are of primary concern.
Each year, Accelerated Christian Education hosts exciting national and international conferences, seminars, and conventions for educators, parents, and students. These events provide opportunities for practical application, leadership, and training in which SFCA students will be active participants.
Since 1970, the A.C.E./School of Tomorrow curriculum has been a proven and highly successful program which majors on distinctives and places each child at their exact academic ability by diagnostic testing, provides a solid back-to-basics education program, a course of study individualized to meet a child's specific needs and learning capabilities, incorporates goal setting, character building, and wisdom principles. The curriculum also teaches critical thinking skills, encourages parental involvement and produces academic excellence.
The A.C.E./School of Tomorrow curriculum is built upon these five basic laws of learning:
Students must be at levels where they can perform, reasonable goals must be set, students must be controlled and motivated, and learning must be measurable.
LEARNING MUST BE REWARDED
We have found this program to have a great impact on the lives of young people, instilling the philosophy of Christian character in their thinking. Our curriculum, with its emphasis on Christian principles that lead to Godly attitudes and proper conduct, totally integrates the academic and spiritual training of home and church. The curriculum is non-denominational and provides a theistic course of study that not only teaches that the Bible is the accurate Word of God, but also teaches every subject from the Biblical point of view.
THE MATERIALS ARE PRESCRIBED FOR INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS
A student can move ahead faster or go slower at the best rate for him. He is not locked into a schedule that goes on regardless of whether he has learned the material. Neither is he required to wait for others when he is ready to advance. This is the essence of the mastery system.
Individualization makes it possible for each student to master the subject before moving on. Such mastery is the foundation upon which all future learning is built.
Individualization produces academic excellence. Students take responsibility for their own learning. Biblical character training received as part of this learning experience prepares students to welcome and accept challenges and opportunities that come their way.
THE CURRICULUM TEACHES CHARACTER
Biblical values and concepts considered foundational to relationships and productive living are conveyed throughout the curriculum in such a way as to become life-shaping influences.
Character traits like kindness, loyalty, and honesty are taught within the curriculum, whether it is Math, English, History, or whatever course the student takes. Students observe character development in cartoon strips and then apply the character lesson to their own lives.
THE MATERIALS ARE SELF INSTRUCTIONAL
Using the A.C.E./School of Tomorrow materials, a student is able to work on his self-instructional PACEs (Packets of Accelerated Christian Education). Even when the supervisor is giving attention to another child. The student can work independently and learn how to take responsibility for learning. Although teachers are not required to lecture or make lesson plans, they do need to be present during study times to supervise, motivate, and occasional explain instructions or lead students in a thought process to arrive at an answer. The A.C.E./School of Tomorrow curriculum is ideal because it allows students to study individually with minimum assistance.
DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
Diagnosis refers to the testing by which a student's achievement levels are determined. Proper academic diagnosis is vital to academic success and cannot be stressed too much. Past experience has proven that a child's promotion from one grade to another does not necessarily indicate that all materials have been mastered at that level. In view of this, students should not be assigned academic work on the basis of grade level or on the basis of age. Instead, students should take our diagnostic tests in the areas of English, Math, and Word Building to determine skill and concept mastery. Directions for giving the tests and determining where they should begin are included in the tests there are score keys available, so you can score these tests yourself. Once scored, students are prescribed based on their diagnosed level of academic achievement. The English diagnostic test covers levels one to 8. There are two separate tests for Math; the levels one to 4 test and the intermediate Math tests for levels 5 to 8. The Word Building diagnostic test is contained in the back of Score Key for the English diagnostic tests. There are tests for Social Studies and Science to determine their reading comprehension level, but you can determine this by looking at a recent achievement test, without necessarily having to do these.
If weak areas are evident from the testing, the appropriate PACEs are prescribed to strengthen specific weaknesses. After completing the gap PACEs, the student begins continuous progress at his achievement level. Generally, a student is placed in the curriculum at the beginning of his performance level, according to the diagnostic tests. If the student demonstrates mastery at all levels of testing (thru eighth level) and is in High School, he has the ability to function at his chronological grade in the High School curriculum.
