Curriculum

Benton Harbor Charter School Academy staff develops, implements, and evaluates curriculum annually. The process used to develop and implement curriculum in each of the core areas includes using the Kent County Curriculum Crafter Tool for aligning the State standards to the local curriculum documents. Professional Learning Community teams (which are grade level teams) meet once a week to discuss curriculum, instruction and assessments. The process used to evaluate curriculum documents is based on student achievement data. If student progress is low, instructional strategies and/or assessments are revised.  Choice Schools also provides a Curriculum Director to assist staff in designing, implementing, and evaluating curriculum. Staff will develop an assessment schedule for progress monitoring of student achievement a minimum of 3 times a year.