Willow Bend Academy requires its teachers to hold at least a Bachelors Degree with a college specialty in a related teaching field. All faculty receive training in the specific methods for developing students into independent learners who set and achieve personal academic goals. Diagnostic Placement Nothing is more frustrating to a student than to be lock-stepped into a curriculum with his classmates when he or she may be academically ahead of or behind the material that is being taught. One of the first actions at Willow Bend Academy is an assessment of the student's knowledge and skills. Having established a benchmark, the curriculum is designed to match the student.
Certified teachers work individually with students providing assistance and encouragement.
This means that talented students often work ahead of their chronological grade level and often complete more than the minimum number of credits, or meet graduation requirements earlier. This also means that the student who has some learning differences can be placed so that frustration is minimized and he or she can often regain self-confidence and renew his or her lost love of learning. Mastery Learning Students not only work from an individualized starting point, they master each concept before moving on to the next step. Since every student is unique, each student should not have to follow a single, standard program of study. Willow Bend Academy offers students both college preparatory and vocational courses of study.