Courseware - General
Today more than ever Canadian schools are faced with an extraordinary task: take a diverse student body and bring them all to the same high level of achievement quickly.
Destination Success is the answer to that challenge. It is an award winning teaching approach that gives educators the tools and training they need to provide effective, individualized reading and math instruction for each student - producing measurable gains. Based on sound pedagogical research and supported by a powerful management tool to target each student's individual needs. As a web based solution, anywhere any time access is now a reality for educators and classrooms beyond traditional brick and mortar. Districts can now significantly reduce IT support costs by Destination Success centralized web based tools and are no longer hindered by platform specific solutions. Real time comprehensive progress reports for all users including district administrators, principals and classroom teachers. Multiple learning styles can now be addressed and reporting tools create efficiencies in the classroom, allowing teachers to do focus more of their resources on what they are intended to do - teach.
Destination Math
Research shows that students who engage with math do so because they understand its role in real life scenarios. That realization motivates them to learn the concepts behind math functions and enhances learning.
Destination Math provides a strong connection between math and the real world with curriculum as diverse as your students. Seven web based courses (K-10) focus on the importance of understanding concepts and mastering skills, and the applying them to solve meaningful problems. Carefully sequenced, comprehensive curricula provide a familiar learning environment as students progress from unit to unit. The engaging animation, colourful graphics and full audio support making learning fun and keep students on task longer. A variety of on screen manipulative allow for exploration of concepts throughout every lesson.
Destination Reading
Teachers are now armed with a way to teach reading that focuses on direct skills instruction while including authentic reading experiences that students find motivating.
Destination Reading is a research based program that balances early fundamentals needed for non readers, with an entire early unit dedicated to emergent learning and non readers who enter school without a fundamental awareness to print, through to advanced exercises in Grammar, Writing and Reading , for a very holistic approach to language development. The PreK-8 program reaches different types of learners with diverse text and teaching methods. Instruction allows for appeal by both auditory and visual learners as well as exploration activities, traditional question and answer ex ercises and activities in logical thinking. The rich content areas cover a vari ety of genres (poetry, news, schedules, technical, fiction and research) to work with students and help them foster a comfortable feeling about being textual learners with life long skill development.