Observations for current families are scheduled Monday – Friday at 9:30, 10:00 and 10:30 a.m., during the months of October and March. Prospective family tours and classroom observations are ongoing.
Your cooperation according to the following guidelines is greatly appreciated:
- Please sit quietly and observe the children. Be sure to observe children other than your own. If you are inside the classroom, please do not interfere with the work of the children. If you are observing through the two-way mirror, please do not ask for your child to be moved or for us to interfere in the natural environment at all.
- Please do not initiate conversation with the children. If a child greets you, respond appropriately, of course, but do not seek to prolong the conversation. If necessary, please gently remind the children to return to their work
- The directors may not be able to take time from their classroom duties to converse with you during or immediately after your observation. If questions occur to you while you are observing, please write them down on clipboard provided and leave it on the chair for the director.
What to Notice
** Children initiating their own activities and choosing their own work: independent work; work in groups
** The director presenting individual and small-group lessons
** Orderly use of materials and the return of materials to their original locations
** A variety of work in progress, from mathematics to geography, from language to music
** Independence, which is revealed by children who are not overly dependent on the teacher
** Elaborate work, such as very long addition problems, research, or detailed charts
** Children cooperating with each other
** Varying levels of concentration and self-discipline
** An atmosphere of responsibility and respect
** Freedom within limits:
Children may work on one thing at a time
They may watch the work of others, but do not take part without an invitation.
The children are sensitive to the rights of others.
To schedule your observation, please submit a completed
Schedule Form with at least two potential observations dates and times. Or you may contact the office directly.