Academics & Learning Enrichment
Christian Identity
In keeping with our “Basic Principles for Education,” we approach our students as image-bearers and covenant children of a Sovereign Creator God, but also as believers who are called to live out the eschatological spiritual victory of Christ within the creation as prophets, priests, and kings. We consciously strive to nurture within our students the qualities inherent in this Biblical identity and every interaction we have with them, whether inside or outside of the classroom, is shaped by it.
Academic Excellence
Zion offers a rigorous liberal arts curriculum appropriate for college preparation and vocational training. We trust that our students will learn to the best of their abilities, as they are called to do all things as unto the Lord (Col 3:23). We expect that our administrators, teachers, and students alike will strive joyfully and zealously to discover, exercise, and develop all the gifts God has given them.
Mission
In keeping with Zion's motto of Learning and Living for the Glory of God, Zion Christian Learning Enrichment Services recognizes that in learning, as in life, God has gifted each one of His children with various strengths and weaknesses. With this in mind, our mission is to equip students with the strategies they need to reach their full learning potential, to the glory of God.The Gift of Learning
The act of learning utilizes complex aspects of our brain, attitude and dispositions. Every child has been created with the wonderful gift of learning; a gift that is significantly impacted by many internal and external factors throughout their developing years. To meaningfully teach children, we must determine how they learn. We are all God’s unique creatures, full of differences, including our learning processes. These differences are not a disease, just a difference, which originate from sociocultural or exterior factors as well as our individual gifts.Program Goal
The development of one's learning method is impacted by countless factors. However, the focus of the resource program is not to determine the origins of a child’s unique learning process. Rather, our primary goal is to determine the obstacles that hinder a child's academic development and to devise methods of learning that enable students to overcome such obstacles.The Evaluation Process
To gain a deeper understanding of how a particular child learns, the resource teacher uses information gained from parents, teachers, observation, learning products, and occasionally formal testing tools, to identify the child's areas of strength and weakness in learning.A neurodevelopmental profile is another tool involved in student evaluation. The profile contains descriptions of the child’s neurodevelopmental functions including attention controls, temporal-sequential ordering, spatial ordering, memory, language functions, neuromotor functions, social cognition and higher order cognition.
Finally, a review of a student's sociocultural and emotional influences including, but not limited to, elements of environment, attitude, emotion, and interaction with others may be performed.