Academics

Landmark's curriculum starts with our students. Students are grouped by ability, rather than traditional grade levels, and move steadily through a carefully planned curriculum that allows them to build confidence and experience success.

Landmark offers three programs on our two Massachusetts campuses:

• The Elementary School Program
• The Middle School Program
• The High School Program

All three programs help students with dyslexia, and other language-based learning disabilities, develop the skills they need to become strong critical thinkers, problem solvers, independent learners, and advocates for their own needs in the world. Many of our elementary and middle school students transition to mainstream school environments, while others find that Landmark meets their needs through high school graduation. After high school, nearly every Landmark student goes on to college where they report that the skills they learned at Landmark translate directly into success.

Individualized Approach

The curriculum addresses a range of needs for students with language-based learning disabilities, such as dyslexia. Through daily tutorials and small classes we teach students to become independent learners. Landmark designs an individualized program for each high school student and continually assesses his/her needs to determine the appropriate approach for remediation. Academic and campus directors use these assessments to assign specific courses and levels that challenge each student's personal strengths.

One-to-One Tutorials

The cornerstone of Landmark’s renowned model is the daily one-to-one tutorial. All students in our Elementary/Middle and High School Programs meet and work closely with one tutor, every day, for the entire year. A personalized tutorial curriculum is designed to address the specific language needs of the student and may encompass such areas as decoding, fluency, phonological awareness, written composition, and organizational skills.

Academic Case Managers

Each student is assigned an Academic Case Manager who works closely with the student and their teachers throughout the year to insure that the program is well balanced, offers an appropriate challenge, that the tutorial is addressing the student’s particular needs, and that information is being clearly communicated between the faculty, student, and parents or guardians. This role is unique to Landmark School and is often the pivotal factor that insures each student’s success.

Landmark's Six Teaching Principles

For over 40 years, Landmark School has remained true to their founder, Dr. Charles Drake’s vision. As a maverick in the field of educating students and adults with language-based learning disabilities, like dyslexia, he established six key teaching principles that remain the foundation of Landmark’s approach, methodology, and influence.

1. Provide Opportunities for Success

2. Use Multiple Modalities

3. Micro-Unit and Structure Tasks

4. Ensure Automatization Through Practice and Review

5. Provide Models

6. Include the Student in the Learning Process

FAST FACT

12% of our faculty have loyally served Landmark School for over 30 years.

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Academics

The Landmark Approach

Individualized Approach

One-to-One Tutorials

Academic Case Managers

Landmark's Six Teaching Principles

FAST FACT

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Academics