Character must come first. – The current trend in public education is to foster Character Education through required courses and service hours.
DRA promotes Character Education first through the Real Life Transitions Program.
Once students learn to value
themselves and improve their behavior, academic improvement is a natural consequence.
DRA’s academic approach is modeled after Fred Keller’s Personalized
System of Instruction (PSI).
Dr. Keller was a renowned psychologist in the 1960’s that created the Personalized System of Instruction Model to promote Student ownership in the learning process.
The PSI model utilizes a student-paced mastery approach that combines the flexibility and accountability of student-paced study with the structure of a classroom setting and the support of certified teachers.
Student paced learning allows students to accelerate their progress in courses that they are strong in and take the extra time needed for more difficult subjects.
Core credit is granted when students master content, not when they've merely spent seat time in class.
