Welcome to the Paramount Bard Academy

The Paramount Bard Academy is currently accepting student enrollment applications for the 2009/2010 school year. Learn more here.

 

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he Paramount Bard Academy is committed to raising the educational expectations and outcomes for all students and contributing to educational improvement in the Central Valley. The Paramount Bard Academy seeks to demonstrate how a different idea about teaching and learning can create classrooms that foster the best kinds of learning across the full range of students who attend our public schools. Building on recognized early college high school models and in an active partnership with Bard College’s Master of Arts in Teaching Program, this charter school provides an educational program that prepares all students for the challenges of college and for success in their chosen careers. At the same time, the Academy provides a model for educating future teachers and providing professional development for local educators in a model school environment

Overview
The Paramount Bard Academy is a collaborative effort of the Resnick Foundation, the Paramount Agricultural Companies, Bard College, and community members of Delano, California. The Academy is a unique initiative that raises expectations for students while providing a model that can contribute to significant growth in student achievement in the region. This charter school reaches out to Delano and other neighboring communities with the goal of educating a group of students that represent a demographic cross-section of the local districts. The participation of the Bard College Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program allows the creation of a school in which the students and faculty of a graduate teacher education program are participating members of the teaching and learning community. The active participation of the Bard MAT Program contributes to the development of innovative curriculum and pedagogy while effectively increasing the capacity of the school to deliver forms of instruction that are responsive to the individual needs of public school students. The Academy builds on the model of early college high schools, a major initiative of the Gates Foundation that is demonstrating success in increasing the college-going rate of historically underserved students.