AIM
AIM Academy, a grade 1-12 college preparatory school, provides extraordinary educational opportunities to children with language-based learning differences including dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, utilizing research-based intervention strategies and an arts-based learning environment. AIM Academy is the Philadelphia area's largest school for students with learning differences. In addition, the AIM Institute for Learning & Research provides teacher literacy training and learning opportunities to professionals around the country that is grounded in literacy and reading research. Their AIM Pathways online training courses are used and approved in schools, districts and state Departments of Education across the country. AIM is an educational partner in the Haskins Global Literacy Hub and active in literacy research. To learn more about AIM, visit www.aimpa.org
Purpose
AIM transforms and empowers lives through literacy. Our core values that drive this important work both at AIM Academy and in the AIM Institute for Learning & Research are:
Research to Practice
Fearless Innovation
Partner for Impact
Transform the Future of Education
Research to Practice
Fearless Innovation
Partner for Impact
Transform the Future of Education
Vision
AIM was created with the belief that children with language-based learning disabilities can and will thrive in a rigorous academic setting when they are taught by a highly committed, experienced and creative faculty who have ongoing access to the latest research, best practices, technological resources, and experts in their field. We dedicate ourselves to putting research into practice every day. AIM Academy students thrive in classrooms that offer experiential learning and our programs are designed to foster self-esteem and social responsibility. Their academic and intellectual development is further enhanced by an array of extracurricular activities and enrichment in the arts, athletics and community service. It is our goal, that upon graduation, our students are prepared for the challenges, complexities and choices available to them at university and beyond. Curiosity, collaboration, compassion, confidence and critical thinking are their tools for success.
The AIM Institute for Learning & Research is a center for educational excellence and professional development providing teachers and professionals who work with children who learn differently with specialized training programs and access to the latest research and best practices for the classroom. The Institute is committed to quickly translating laboratory research into effective interventions and educational practices for all students
The AIM Institute for Learning & Research is a center for educational excellence and professional development providing teachers and professionals who work with children who learn differently with specialized training programs and access to the latest research and best practices for the classroom. The Institute is committed to quickly translating laboratory research into effective interventions and educational practices for all students
Mission
AIM has a two-pronged mission to:
Provide extraordinary educational opportunities to children with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, utilizing research-based intervention strategies and an arts-based learning environment that is college preparatory in scope and sequence.
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Develop a center for educational excellence and professional development to disseminate best practices to educators by providing access to the latest research-based curriculum, technology, and training.
Provide extraordinary educational opportunities to children with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, utilizing research-based intervention strategies and an arts-based learning environment that is college preparatory in scope and sequence.
and
Develop a center for educational excellence and professional development to disseminate best practices to educators by providing access to the latest research-based curriculum, technology, and training.
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