ACADEMIC AND STEAM PROGRAM

Students participating in our education program receive a high-quality, flexible, affordable, and personalized education experience with highly accredited Online homeschool STEAM focused programs, highly qualified and experienced classroom teachers, high school/vocational specialists and teacher aid.

The Heuristic Academy offers small class sizes in a non-traditional classroom setting, facilitating a structured, comfortable, and homey, independent learning setting. Students receive individualized attention on a daily basis.

This curriculum is both online and offline. K–8 students will spend no more than 20–25 percent of their time on the computer in the early grades. High school students spend an average of 6 to 9 hours per week for a regular course.

Subject areas are a mixture of:

·       digital learning

·       teacher guided

·       project based learning

·       independent work in workbooks away from computer

·       real life applications

·       hands-on activities

·       cool experiments and lab

·       field trips

·       class events

·       life skills

·       community projects

The online programs/access allows teachers and parents to see ongoing progress, track subject attendance status, and students can access their work from any location where there is internet connection.

STEAM is an educational approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics as access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking. The end results are students who take thoughtful risks, engage in experiential learning, persist in problem-solving, embrace collaboration, and work through the creative process. These are the innovators, educators, leaders, and learners of the 21st century! (educationcloset.com) This is what The Heuristic Academy will achieve through its STEAM based curriculum.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

A Team of Education Experts (Master teachers, cognitive scientists, subject-matter experts, technologists, interactive designers, writers, and researchers)—who share a similar expertise in their areas of focus and a passion for shaping young minds correctly—develop all curricula used by The Heuristic Academy. Curriculum specialists and lesson developers plan each lesson and make sure the material is tailored for the age and skills of the student.

Instructional designers build the activities, working with visual designers and media specialists to choose the best way to present concepts and information.

Writers and editors make sure the content is accurate, engaging, and appropriate.

Information architects analyze how people will use the online content.

Software developers design and build the systems that make the curriculum and the Online School run efficiently and effectively.

Quality-assurance specialists make sure everything works properly.