Through our years of experience in education, we heard the cries from within children: “Treat me fairly, treat me kindly, cultivate my creativity and inspire me.” We’ve created a culture that answers that longing. Furthermore, we’ve found that children are eager to learn, grow, explore, master and take on responsibility. Contrary to what some believe, they don’t need to be motivated, controlled, coerced, badgered, bribed or cajoled.
That’s why the foundational understanding that children are four dimensional – body, mind, heart and spirit – is integrated into everything we do. Our whole-person approach fosters the development of each dimension, inspiring children to understand their needs, skills and strengths. At the same time, they are discovering their passion, forming a guiding vision, learning how to tune into their conscience, and cultivating self-discipline.
Our unique approach is having a profound, positive impact. Scholars discover their depth, perseverance and resilience. And as your child finds their own voice and confidence, they develop healthy inquiring minds, capable of finding solutions.
We nurture our scholars to gain self-awareness, understand social sensitivity, and ultimately hear their own soul’s calling. They can then distinguish their own road map to life, step into leadership, and assist others in finding their own voice. Children are engaged in body, mind, heart and spirit, so they can be challenged academically, expand their character, and make lasting connections – ensuring their success now and in the future.
Paideia Academies utilize a family centric model to enlist the support of families in the education and upbringing of the whole child - academic & intellectual, recreational & cultural, character & leadership, emotional, physical, & mental health - to empower students to achieve success in college, career, citizenship, and family life.
We educate what we call “The Whole Person – Body, Mind, Heart, Spirit.“ To better understand the four dimensions of Paideia’s Whole Person Paradigm, we invite you to mindfully study the below table and consider the impact of each section on your young scholar. As you embrace these concepts, you will likely find your own paradigm changing to become a whole-child parent, teacher and leader.
If you want to learn more about the whole-person paradigm, we invite you to study Steven Covey’s book, “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness.”
PAIDEIA WHOLE-PERSON PARADIGM |
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| WHOLE CHILD | 4 NEEDS | 4 INTELLIGENCES/ CAPACITIES | 4 ATTRIBUTES | VOICE LIES AT THE NEXUS OF | DISCOVERING VOICE When I engage in work that… |
| BODY | To Live Are my basic physical needs met? |
Physical Intelligence My attunement to the physical capacities and wellbeing of myself, family, community and world. |
Discipline Paying the price to bring vision into reality. |
Need Meeting needs including what the world needs enough to pay you for. |
Rises out of a great need in my family, community and the world. |
| MIND | To Learn Is my mind being engaged and challenged creatively? |
Mental Intelligence My ability to analyze, reason, think abstractly, use language, visualize and comprehend. |
Vision Seeing with the mind’s eye what is possible in people, projects, causes and enterprises. |
Talent Disciplined focus of natural gifts and strengths. |
Taps into my talent. |
| HEART | To Love Do I feel loved and connected? |
Emotional Intelligences My self-knowledge, self-awareness, social sensitivity, empathy and ability to communicate successfully with others. |
Passion The fire, desire, strength of conviction and drive that sustains discipline. |
Passion Love to do including those things that naturally energize, excite, motivate and inspire you. |
Fuels my passion. |
| SPIRIT | To Leave a Legacy Do I feel part of something bigger than myself? |
Spiritual Intelligence My inner compass that connects and guides the other intelligences in following “true north” principles. |
Conscience The inward moral sense of what is right and what is wrong and the drive towards meaning and conviction. |
Conscience Do what’s right by that still small voice within that assures you of what is right and that prompts you to actually do it. |
I feel drawn by conscience to meet …therein lies my voice, my calling, my soul’s code. |
