Play and Learning Station - Parent Communication & Involvement
COMMUNICATION
The success of our program is based on establishing a partnership between our
parents and the school staff. Open and frequent communication between parents
and teachers will help your child have a positive early learning experience.
We hope you will feel free to talk with the director or your child’s
teachers when you drop-off or pick-up your child. Please feel free to schedule
conferences for longer discussions with your child’s teachers to ensure
that additional staff are scheduled for child supervision. While we encourage
such communication between our staff and parents on all issues related to
their child and classroom activities, we ask that parents not engage staff
in conversations regarding school or company policies or other children in
the school as staff are expected to keep such matters confidential
In addition, we utilize many other tools to keep you informed about what is
happening with your child:
- Lesson plans that describe the planned activities for the week are posted
for
parental review.
- A written description of at least one special activity
or even of the day is
posted.
- Parent newsletters describing school activities and upcoming events
are regularly distributed.
- A parent information board containing current
information about the school and other topics of general interest to parents
is provided.
- Parent conferences are held annually.
- Individual conferences may be scheduled
at the request of the parents or the
director.
Parent resources are available on a variety of parenting topics such as discipline,
biting, health, and nutrition. Please check with the director for details on
these resources.
PARENT INVOLVEMENT
Parent participation is a very important part of our program. Your involvement
is a valuable part of the teamwork involved in providing the best education
possible for your child. If you have a special talent or interest you can
share with the staff or children, please let us know. Feel free to come in
and observe your child at any time. Your ideas, concerns and comments are
always welcome.
VOLUNTEER POLICY
We welcome and encourage parents to volunteer and/or join us at special events.
Please note that parent volunteers serve solely at the discretion of the
school director and must refer all disciplinary or urgent issues to the teacher
in charge or school director. If a volunteer is unwilling or unable to follow
the school’s policies at any time, the volunteer will not be able to
continue participation in the school event or activity.
LET US KNOW IF WE CAN HELP
If your child has experienced an upsetting incident, such as an illness in
the family, an extended business trip by a parent, or the relocation of a
close friend, please feel free to let us know. If we know what might be motivating
a child’s behavior, we can better respond and perhaps even help the
child work out worries or concerns through play and creative activities.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
We are committed to ensuring your full satisfaction with our school. Experience
has demonstrated that open communication between parents and school staff
is the key to maintaining a positive relationship. We continually look for
parents’ input on how we can improve our programs.
If you have a problem:
- Discuss the problem with your child’s teacher. We maintain an open
door
policy in which parents are encouraged to visit their child’s school
at any time.
Staff will make every effort to be available to discuss parental concerns
regarding their child or classroom operations.
- Discuss the problem with
your director. Parental concerns or questions that
cannot be resolved or answered by your child’s teacher should
be redirected to
the director who is fully capable of responding to most issues.
- Contact your school’s regional director to discuss any problem
that has been
discussed with the director but has not been resolved to your satisfaction.
- In rare instances, an issue may arise that cannot be resolved to
the mutual
satisfaction of the school and the parents. Under such circumstances
it may be
necessary to disenroll the child. Knowledge Learning Corporation
reserves the
right to do so at its sole discretion.
As a supplement to daily communications, annual parent surveys are distributed
to each or our centers by our corporate headquarters to help us continually
improve and refine our program and services as well as ensure that we are responsive
to the changing needs of our families. While these surveys serve as a very
useful vehicle for communicating parent concerns and comments, they are not
intended to replace constant and open communication with the director and staff.
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