HOW WE HELP PRINCIPALS
Accelerating Young Minds (AYM) is designed to help principals have constructive collaboration with teachers and parents and observe in real time how each student is performing in meeting educational goals. AYM is designed to assist the principal in elementary education in the following ways. Being the principal of a school is demanding, but it is also very rewarding. Principals must be diligent, creative and accountable, not just for the teachers and staff, but also for each student’s academic performance. It is not a job for just anyone.
- AYM’s Instructional technology is a viable learning tool for meeting early learning standards for preschoolers and Kindergarteners. It is also an invaluable tool for assisting Elementary students achieve grade level standards at their own pace. To read more visit the Principals and Technology page.
- The feature of real time student performance data on each learning activity allows easy reference to the school performance.
- The principal can see the progress of each student in real time and take pride in seeing students (each student) grow in their intellectual maturity.
- The principal can see how students who are ELL and/or in poverty are growing in their ability to catch up and can/do lose the label of low performers.
- The real time data provided by AYM on academics and a broader base of student development allows principals to establish better communication and assistance with parents and teachers.
- Having the ability to see the history of each child’s performance allows the principal to assist teachers in coming to quality solutions when problems occur.
- AYM recognizes the unfortunate fact that there are many aspects of the principal’s job that are influenced by political policies that continue to change, seemingly annually, and that do not lead to helping students to perform better. With AYM the student learning from real world visuals, cognitive development and the real time performance data attached to each learning activity removes complaints and interference from other parties.
- The academic guidelines in early education are reasonable when it comes to the basic intent for reading and math. No two brains perform or think the same way, however. The academic content in AYM in the early levels matches the needed academic standards; but with a very big difference– the broadened curricula of AYM develops the unique abilities of each individual student and that development is displayed so the principal has a comprehensive understanding of each student’s interests and performance.
HOW WE HELP STUDENTS
AYM programs target individual instruction for students who are struggling with particular topics, providing timely opportunities to assist student when needed most. This easily identifies individual students strengths and instruction interventions that can allow students to continue to progress without being left behind.
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HOW TO BUY
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As our education system has noticeably begun failing our students, many people have put the blame squarely on teachers.
Most of our current school system revolves around academics, and yet, it falls short of what our kids need to be prepared for life at their young age.
The Accelerating Young Minds Platform For Personalized Learning (Human Touch)
Article By Dr. Kip Herren-Former superintendent Auburn School District, Superintendent of the Year for Washington State 2015.
"My 4 year old twins are LOVING this program! They each have their own accounts and go at their own speed, (of course comparing/competing with each other along the way!) and have learned so much. They sure surprise me with their level of attention, patience and perseverance while going through the steps. They love getting the award medals after completing a section, and I love seeing their high scores! They used to watch whatever "games or cartoons" were on their kindles, now they ask to play their learning game, as they call it. Happy parents over here!! I highly recommend it for preschool age children!!"
Heidi M., Kirkland, WA, Mother of boy & girl 4 year old twins
"My son had overwhelming anxiety about going to preschool. This program helps me to ensure that he is learning at grade level so that he won’t fall behind. He loves the activities, especially the ones with the songs and I feel good about letting him have this kind of screen time. Thank you for this program!"
Jennifer S., Westminster, CA
“I highly recommend this program [Accelerating Young Minds] to preschools everywhere because of the benefits it's provides to children’s preschool experience.”
Martin Castro, President and CEO, Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF), CA
“Teachers see their children staying focused while using your program and they see a students’ progress in real time and are able to assist students on very specific issues of difficulty on a one-to-one basis”
Ms. Simmie L. Coffey, Principal, Rosa Parks Elementary, CA
“[Accelerating Young Minds] programs are a powerful tool for educators because, if you can identify the cognitive strengths or deficiencies of a child, you can identify why a child is having difficulty reading, conceptualizing math, or composing sentences or paragraphs.”
Rosa Enrico Young, Executive Director, Legacy Montessori Childcare Center WA
“In the case of the Auburn School District, Accelerating Young Minds help us realize the academic promise of each child.”
Dr. Dennis Kip Herren, Superintendent, Auburn School District WA
”After seeing the results and data provided by Accelerating Young Minds, I know that my students are achieving higher test scores after using the program throughout the year.”
Richard Galvan, 1st Grade Teacher, Rosa Parks Elementary, CA
“In my professional judgment, I believe this program is a must for all young elementary school students, ESL students and preschoolers whose parents want to jump start their children’s academic and cognitive skills.”
Rosa Enrico Young, Executive Director, Legacy Montessori Childcare Center WA
“The benefits of the [Accelerating Young Minds] programs were enormous; we were able to make gains that assisted in the exiting from our (PI) Program Improvement status.”
Dr. Helen Martinez, Principal, Mark Twain Elementary, CA
“Because the program utilizes real photographs, an older student doesn’t have to feel offended by a “babyish” program, while the younger students benefit from the real life images”
Rosa Enrico Young, Executive Director, Legacy Montessori Childcare Center WA
“[Accelerating Young Minds] is an easy to use internet delivered program that my students enjoy and that has obviously increased the cognitive abilities in my students.”
Susan Johnson, Teacher, Rosa Parks Elementary, CA
“Thank you again for sharing this fabulous program with me and my little guy! Can’t sing you or it praises enough!”
Lori Prince, Teacher, Leah Hill Elementary, Auburn School District WA
“The diagnostic and prescriptive ability will allow me to spend more time honing in on the exact problem instead of trying to explain the entire lesson over again.”
Delane Morley, Special Education Teacher, Suquamish Elementary School WA
“...when I pointed to the first letter (the letter “o”), Jonah immediately said the name of the letter, it's short sound, and even gave an example, “O, like in octopus!” As much as I’d like to take the credit, this was clearly knowledge he had retained from your program.”
Anne Miller, Para Educator for Special Education, North Kitsap School District, WA, speaking about a child with impaired fine motor skills who is very difficult to engage, reviewing what was learned before Winter break
“One of the 4 year olds from my school exclaimed, after a series of challenging activities, that the program showed his brain how to solve the problems.”
Rosa Enrico Young, Executive Director, Legacy Montessori Childcare Center WA
