Our
Stakeholders
1. The children
2. The staff
a. Administrators who provide
leadership, program development,
and
service coordination
b. Teachers who provide classroom
instruction and student supervision
c. Support personnel who provide
assistance and program services
3. The home
Where parents (who are the primary teachers of children)
participate in the learning process by reinforcing the
individualized educational goals for their child.
4. The supporters
a. Board of directors
b. Volunteers: those who donate
their time and talents to provide
remedial
instructions, enrichment activities, special programs,
and support
services
c. Contributors
•
Financial: those who give financially to underwrite
the costs
of
educating the children
•
Material: those who give material
goods to facilitate the mission
of
NorthPointe Leadership Academy.
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Our Values
At NorthPointe Leadership Academy we value the total
commitment of all our stakeholders (students, parents,
staff, and supporters), as evidenced by:
1. A sense of shared purpose and values
2. Camaraderie, teamwork, and collegiality
3. Effective communications at all levels to facilitate
the educational objectives
An academic program marked by excellence
and high achievement, as evidenced by:
1. An environment that conveys the message
that all students can learn, marked by increasingly
higher levels of achievement with students performing
at or above their academic grade level
2. Effective, enabled, equipped, and empowered staff,
parents, and supporters
3. Individualized and personalized instructions
A biblical worldview that is evidenced
by:
1. An awareness of the unconditional
love of God, a sense of purpose and self-worth, and
hope for the future
2. Workers who serve as models and mentors of the
highest biblical values by loving God and loving others
3. Instructions and training that integrate the truth
of God’s Word with the facts about God’s
world
Positive character development through:
1. Having clear-cut expectations of the children to
demonstrate appropriate, responsible, and productive
social behavior
2. Teaching by persons who represent positive role
models that the children can emulate
3. Teaching social skills to children in formal and
informal settings
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Our Strategic Plans
To facilitate its mission and vision, NorthPointe
Leadership Academy recognizes seven strategic areas.
1. Accreditation
This school will demonstrate to the public that we
strive for excellence by meeting the rigorous requirements
and standards for ACSI accreditation. Our commitment,
however, is to exceed these standards in our academic
objectives.
2. Curriculum
The curriculum is the medium and the message for equipping
students with the exposure, experience, and education
they need to function effectively in society. It is
the “tool” of education. As any craftsman
knows, the more effective the tool (whether simply
a sharpened tool or an advanced electronic one) the
more efficient the job performance. Therefore, after
several months of research we have selected curricular
materials that, in our opinion, are some of the best
tools on the market.
3. Faculty/Staff Development
A tool, no matter how sophisticated, is only as effective
as the person using it. So it is with the school’s
curriculum. It is simply a tool that finds its effectiveness
in the hands of teachers who administer it. Staff
development, therefore, is essential for equipping
the teachers with the resources to use the curricular
materials effectively. The teacher is undoubtedly
the key to the academic process.
4. Student Assessment
The philosophy of teaching adopted by NORTHPOINTE
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is that teaching is directly related
to learning, and where learning has not taken place,
neither has teaching. The act of teaching is not an
end but a means to an end. The end is that the student
registers the information taught, retains the information,
and is able to recite it with understanding. To measure
the effectiveness of the teaching/learning process,
NORTHPOINTE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is committed to regular
student assessment. Such assessment provides the information
needed to diagnose the student's beginning academic
levels, prescribe an effective course of study tailored
to the individual student, and prepare the student
for optimum performance on administered standardized
tests.
5. Technology
NORTHPOINTE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is committed to equipping
its students to function productively in a global
society that is increasingly technologically oriented.
6. Parental/Community Involvement
At NORTHPOINTE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY we believe that
the parent is the first and most important teacher
in a child's life. The home is where a child should
be trained up in the way he or she should go. The
reality is that we continue to witness the demise
of the basic family structure that offers children
the best foundation for their physical, social, mental,
emotional, and spiritual development. As a result,
children are starting school with considerable emotional,
moral, and academic deficiencies. These deficiencies
require the mobilization of adult caregivers who will
instruct by their teaching and illustrate by their
living the core values essential for a child’s
development. NORTHPOINTE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is committed
to mobilizing parents and volunteers to this end.
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