The program uses Destinations for almost all core curriculum and electives, replacing the paper packets teachers used to hand out. Since Destinations is aligned with the textbooks, students can easily switch back and forth between the two. If students don't behave, they'll have to work out of a textbook. There are 8-15 computer workstations in each classroom, and students are free to use an empty workstation in another classroom if none are available in their own class. Because classes at Douglass are run like college courses, with a syllabus for each, students work their way through each class at their own pace.
Teachers are always available to answer questions, monitor progress, and reward achievement.
In addition to classroom workstations, the Douglass Learning Center provides laptops to homebound teen mothers. Although the program employs a teacher who visits these students in their homes, many of the mothers appreciate the flexibility of being able to log on and use Destinations as well as the connection that email provides. Teachers can log on to the management system to easily monitor their students' progress until they return to class. Along with teen mothers, students who are homebound because of illness also benefit from the laptops. To personalize instruction, teachers at Douglass take a photo of each student and add it to the Destinations database.