Delivery

The Voyage: Delivering the Best in Education

Delivering a successful distance education curriculum requires a diverse suite of resources, and instructional methods and tools. Calvert's time-tested curriculum provides the foundation. Our curriculum is continually evaluated, updated and aligned to the most rigorous national and state standards., Calvert's curriculum blends the best of tradition with innovation and offers a diverse set of curriculum resources, assessment tools and expert guidance.

Calvert Navigator's comprehensive platform virtually guarantees the success of each student. Led by your Supervising Teacher and aided by Calvert's expert team, our time-tested curriculum, educational resources and technology tools are designed to make sure that no student "slips through the cracks". Navigator's multi-faceted platform ensures that each student demonstrates Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).

Before beginning a course of study, students take a placement exam, including both objective tests and written composition to evaluate concept knowledge and skills application. Based on placement results, the Supervising Teacher works with the Learning Guide and student to establish goals for the academic year and plot specific achievement milestones. Throughout the year, The Supervising Teacher evaluates a student's progress against established goals and makes appropriate suggestions for modifying goals, accelerated study or remediation. This ongoing academic planning is a key element of a Calvert education.

Calvert's academic resources and support are as diverse as the students and schools we serve. Our rigorous, research based, standards aligned curriculum is continually evaluated and updated to meet national and state standards. Each student upon enrollment receives a complete set of materials needed for the academic year.

The Academic Team

Supervising Teacher:  You will appoint a state-certified, highly qualified teacher who plans and directs the learning program for each student. The Supervising Teacher provides individualized instruction, monitors student progress and communicates regularly with the Learning Guide and student to ensure appropriate pacing and mastery of subjects.

Learning Guide: A parent or responsible adult who supports the student with daily learning activities under the direction of the Supervising Teacher.  The Learning Guide helps the student prepare for class, answers logistical questions, gives direction, monitors task completion and attendance. Ongoing interaction with the Supervising Teacher and Calvert training ensures that optimum use of available technology and learning strategies are employed. 

Calvert Education Counselor: The hallmark of a Calvert experience is the high level of personal service you and your families receive. Calvert Education Counselors are certified, professional teachers and provide the core of administrative and parent support. They possess expert knowledge of the Calvert curriculum and work as part of the instructional team led by the Supervising Teacher to address concerns, suggest alternative teaching strategies and offer practical advices. They are available by phone, email or Live Chat to offer guidance.

Academic Resources, Services, and Support

The foundation of the comprehensive Calvert experience is the high-quality, research-based, standards-aligned curriculum. Calvert's expert curriculum team comprises career professional teachers and curriculum specialists. They devote considerable time to researching and developing lessons, activities and assessments.

Textbooks & Workbooks

Calvert's curriculum specialists work diligently to integrate subjects and concepts across the curriculum. They develop original textbooks, consumable materials and online and multimedia components to present a comprehensive world class curriculum for 21st Century learning at each grade level.

They also devote considerable time to developing curriculum materials that engage students and inspire learning. They evaluate textbooks and instructional materials from major educational publishers. Calvert has adopted research-based textbooks from renowned national publishers such as Prentice-Hall, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, Pearson and Hougton-Mifflin as the basis for content in Science, History, Geography, and Grades K-3 Reading courses.

Students in Grades 4-8 undertake comprehensive literature study using award-winning novels, short stories, speeches, sonnets, poetry and plays. 

Lesson Manuals

Calvert’s Lesson Manuals provide complete, step-by-step daily plans for all subjects, allowing for maximum efficiency of the school day. The Lesson Manual is presented in both printed online versions with the latter rich with embedded instructional resources and links. The comprehensive Calvert program and Lesson Manual weave instruction from one subject to the next in order to help each student retain information and to build a solid academic foundation upon which to layer future studies.

• List of daily materials - A list of all materials and books needed for each day’s lesson is provided.
• Assignment summary - The assignment summary highlights the day’s work at a glance and provides a handy checklist for the completion of all work.
• Clear objectives - Each subject has clearly stated objectives for your student that allows you to easily track progress.
• Step-by-step instructions - The lessons guide Learning Guides and students through daily instruction. They provide clear examples, when needed, as well as questions to ask the student.
• Icons in the Lesson Manual - Throughout the printed Lesson Manual, icons alert users to enrichment opportunities found online. The computer icon designates lessons that incorporate Calvert’s Computer Skills and Applications coursework, and the mouse icon indicates that additional instructional materials are available on the internet.

The Calvert Lesson Manual is also presented in an online format that includes live links and additional resources as follows:

• The Lesson Area - The area in the middle of the screen displays the current lesson featuring the same instruction as the printed manual. All resource links are live and navigation is easy in this online version.
• The Menu Bar - The menu bar at the top of the screen allows users to navigate to other pages, view printer-friendly versions of the manual, and subscribe to instant curriculum updates.
• The Navigation Area - At the left of the screen, users can navigate to other lessons, general instructions, and, in appropriate grade levels, a learning strategies section and sentence diagramming companion.
• Automatic Updates - The Online Lesson Manuals feature updates from Calvert’s Curriculum Development team. Parents and teachers may subscribe to a curriculum update feed to be proactively informed of changes to the Lesson Manual. Automatic updates of Calvert’s Lesson Manuals and Answer Keys are available through an RSS feed.
• Resources Section - Additional resources that correspond to the current lesson are located on the right of the screen.

• Resources may include:
  • Online Instructions
  • Interactive Math Activities
  • Grammar Review Videos
  • Spelling Lessons
  • Self-Checks
  • Curriculum Checkpoints
  • Practice Tests

Online Resources

Learn more about the exciting online and multimedia resources included in the Calvert program.