Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Things to Consider While Visiting a School for Your Kid

When parents what to join their children they search for good school. It may not be a difficult thing to find the right school for your kids. But parents need to spend some time and make some research for this. There are few things to consider when parents visit a school, such as:

Before visit school:
  • The school's website can be checked to know about the key features and design principles of the school.
  • They can contact the host school to know about material of the school. Parents can discuss what they want with teachers and students and observe the classes.
  • Ask some questions about their features and design principles of the host school.
Focus on:
  • Parents can check that what are the important goals of students and staff in the school and how they are focusing on them.
  • Find out the evidence, that the adults and students in the building understand the goals of the school.
  • Find out how focus of the school is reflected on their schedule and curriculum.
Teaching and learning:
  • Check how the classes are structured and how teacher, lecture and whether students work independently or in small groups.
  • Find out the evidence to see the in depth learning.
  • Know how all the students are held to higher standards
  • check whether they are using technology in the classroom.
  • Check is there any opportunity for a child to participate in internships in addition to traditional classes.
  • Find out what students are learning in the classrooms, how student learning is assessed, how students can show that what they know.
These are the factors to be considered when parents want to join their children in a school.

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