Student Life
Turner Academy’s mission is to work with students in collaboration with family, caretakers and the community to assist them in developing coping skills, changing behaviors and achieving academic standards in order to realize their potential.
At Turner Academy all of our professional staff are committed to creating a positive, safe learning environment free of prejudices, enabling our students to realize their full academic and social potential.
All of our students have Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs). The curriculum is district-adopted, and our main academic priority is to help students realize and strive to meet their potential.
We utilize district-adopted core curriculum to help our students access grade level materials while scaffolding instruction to help them gain the fundamentals they may be missing.
The behavior change program at Turner Academy is multifaceted. It incorporates objective data collection and observation into a behavior reinforcement system. The behavior change program at Turner Academy runs concurrently with the academic program. Students earn points on a period basis in five categories: academic effort, social interactions, staff requests/redirection, and behavior goals. All of the faculty, staff and administration work together to build positive relationships with students and each other, which helps the entire school community grow and maintain a positive school culture. Through modeling positive social skills and maintaining mutual respect our students are exposed to the fundamentals of relationship building; skills necessary to being able to work as part of the larger community.
Our students receive group and individual therapy as part of the program. We have two full-time mental health clinicians as well as school psychologist three days a week that work with students in providing educationally related mental health services.
We track student academic and behavioral progress individually. This is accomplished through analyzing standardized state testing, evaluation of meeting of IEP goals, behavioral data tracking, and academic growth via district benchmarks and report cards.
Adopted Curricula
Approved textbooks and other curriculum resources are available below by subject in PDF format.
Lodi USD Adopted Textbook Materials Grades K-12 PDF (English)
For more information, please contact Instructional Media Services at (209) 331-7237.
Special Education
Lodi Unified School District is committed to meeting the educational needs of the exceptional child. All disabled children between the ages of 3 and 21 are provided appropriate educational opportunities.
For more information on special education services, contact the front office or visit Special Education Support Services on the Lodi USD website.