School SUZUKI: School or Daycare?

School: Place of learned discussion and instructions; training institutions; educational institutions; provides for the acquisition of knowledge and mental training.
Daycare: supervision of and care for children, which is provided during the day, by a person or an organization.

After first opening its doors for Suzuki in 1976, we as a preschool for children aged three and older. At that time there were no preschools academic full day Atlanta by very young people, other than part of a day of programmes offered by the places of worship. Marlene and Dr. Suzuki has collaborated in the first year of a program that combined his preschool, philosophy with its knowledge on the development of early childhood.

After several years of the programme was extended to hold children as young as 18 months for repeated application of the local community. Finally, we offer expanded program for infants as more dual income families settled in Atlanta. In the years nieustalanie, we have discussed certain aspects of the schools to better meet the needs of children and their parents.

In the same period, we have assembled a strong teaching staff and have been blessed with the multiplication of resources to create the best learning environment for all our students.

I'm frequently asked by new parents, "what makes it different and why is Suzuki recognizes a school instead of high-quality, progressive daycare". I respond by giving the five elements, in combination, provide school of excellence, which is quite different from daycare:

1. Checked by a huge list of teaching resources for class and variety of stimulating extracurricular programs.
2. Experienced and credentialed programs.
3. the joint team teaching.
4. Classroom expectations, which are well defined and continuously reviewed.
5. Permanent and consistent leadership.

Let me take a moment to expand on each element of our academic program:

Our curriculum and programs: we continue to develop and refine our curriculum, based on our observations, our research and consistent internal debate. Is coherent and glued, based on the principles of early learning and the development of early childhood. Because it is spiral, there is the possibility of adequate repetition and reinforcement when you add new knowledge. We have a vast number of suitable and Normandy resources for all levels of school age. In addition to foreign language and music programs, we offer other classes that encourage love of learning.

Experienced and Credentialed teachers: with a good teacher is not about having appropriate credentials; It's about passion and commitment. Good teachers recognize moments of learning and come deep satisfaction as a child grasps new concepts. Strong teaching is useless with people who have a mentality "caregiver" and pay lip service to the curriculum and methodology. The Suzuki our goal is to only hire people who have the skills for, and interest in teaching. Although Skontaktowalismy are many applicants with a degree of CDA-accreditation for the development of the child-daycare, popular in the industry, we do not necessarily recognize it as educational certification. We strive for something more, something inside. Many of our employees have degrees in education, but have many more degrees in English history and psychology, to name a few. Other people have years of experience in teaching very young children. We are committed to this person, which demonstrates an affinity for a particular age group, which innately understand the development and the ability of this century. Our strength is the core of dedicated, intuitive teachers who intensively promote our Younger, less experienced workers. In this way, our values and our methods are instilled through modeling, as well as instructions.

Collaborative learning teams: our experience has shown that when teachers collaborate, learning environment becomes immediately more stimulating and innovative from collective ideas of all involved. It is much more flexible and responsive to individual needs of each student than a typical class a small. The key to this approach is cooperation and periods of targeted learning throughout the day, which are designed for small groups and more email interactions. This is a difficult pattern to implement and maintain, and can only succeed with motivated teachers who combine the talents of good communicators and educators, the challenge in any situation!

Well defined and revised expectations class: we all remember is the school teacher who was unmotivated, unprepared and unloading in teaching. Many times these teachers had the ability to become good educators, but schools lack systems responsibility to strengthen the skills of consistently strong teaching. There are four teachers for Suzuki, who actively monitor classrooms, providing support and ensuring that standards are maintained: Marlene Lerer (founder), Alla Morgulyan (Dean), Allison (Assistant Director) and, of course, me. This is a huge part of what we're doing each and everyday, and is one of the most important of our duties. Academic institutions without strong accountability programs are vulnerable to becoming being complacent with the status quo. Solid and consistent leadership: I'm extremely Blessed were the Suzuki for more than 25 years working closely with Marlene (our founder) in building Suzuki school is today. Although Marlene is not here on a daily basis, we communicate on a daily basis, working on issues and problems arise and together work for the intensification of new initiatives (such as additional accreditations) and recommendations. Robert and Paul became involved with Suzuki in 2005 as Co-owners with Marlene and me and strengthened leadership in the areas, which Marlene and I trained as educators, were missing. Their contributions were extremely beneficial to the school. The school is the strongest ever be significant further investment in equipment and our teaching staff, which is vital, as we enhance our educational standards. Our team leadership has opted for the past four years in a redefinition of the academic expectations of the school. We know that, in a sense, always, we will be on this journey, introspection, observation and growth. Our philosophy and our students demand it.

When all five elements act in Unison, we act not only as a preschool, but as a stimulating learning environment, rich in experience, which offer the best education in early childhood. I'm fully aware that the journey will continue, but I'm also pleased with our progress and enthralled by the perspective of the continual improvement in the coming years. We are not yet in school and referred to Marlene creation, but we are well on our way!

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