2012-2013 Class Schedule, Tuition, and Fees

Tuition:

$100.00 / month

Registration Fee:

$50.00
(This fee does not go toward a monthly payment)

Class Time:

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 9:30am - 12:00am

We will be  following the Nebo School District calendar for all scheduled breaks and holidays.

What is the Daily Schedule at Red Rooster Academy?

Workshop: Skill building activity – fine motor, name practice, cutting, coloring, writing, gluing, etc.

Discovery time: children will explore centers designed to entice your child’s mind and allow him/her to socialize with their peers. Discovery centers are student directed and may include: Science, writing, reading, listening, dramatic play, art, math, sensory, and seasonal centers. Your child will be able to experience and rotate between centers. Centers will provide hands on opportunities to enhance your child’s knowledge. Centers will rotate as each child has time to explore each one.

Circle Time: Pledge, calendar, weather. Letter of the day and/or concept of the day. Teacher-directed Literacy, shared reading, problem solving, patterning, collaboration, and counting will all be explored.

School work: Independent work that will follow the concept of the day.

Snack time: Hand will be washed, and manners will be encouraged. Snack will correspond with concept or letter of the day to continue the FUN of learning!

Writing: What did I learn today? Opportunity to share with peers what they learned for the day. After thoughts have been shared, students will be involved in both shared writing and individual journal writing time.

Closing activities: Song, story, Rule the Roost time (show and tell, show and teach, book share) review.

We will be following the Nebo School District 2011 – 2012 calendar for all scheduled breaks and holidays.

How is the curriculum at Red Rooster Academy designed?

My curriculum will follow the Pre-Kindergarten Guidelines found in the Utah State Core Curriculum http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/preschool-kindergarten/PDF/PreKindergartenGuidelinesFINALDRAFT.pdf with the following intended learning outcomes:

• Demonstrate a positive learning attitude
• Develop social skills and ethical responsibility
• Demonstrate responsible emotional behaviors
• Develop physical skill and personal hygiene
• Understand and use basic concepts and skills
• Communicate clearly in oral, artistic, and nonverbal forms
• Find patterns in the world around us.

My Goals as Your Child's Preschool Teacher

1. Build student background knowledge using Developmentally Appropriate Practices
2. Provide a balanced educational experience
3. Build your child's interest, motivation, and learning in all subject areas.
4. Help your child understand language through early reading and writing experiences
5. Allow your child to explore the world around them by providing hands on opportunities with relationships, movement, science, art, literacy, and mathematics.
6. Encourage your child to become an active examiner and analyzer of print.
7. Promote independence and build responsibility.
8. Prepare your child for Kindergarten!

My Philosophies and Strategies:

I am passionate about teaching children, but most of all - learning from children. I understand that children learn and develop at their own rate and have individual needs that need to be met in these critical early childhood years. I will use differentiated instruction to reach your child at his or her own level of understanding. With small class sizes, having no more than 9 students per class, I will be able to meet the individual needs of the students in our school. 

Children learn best when their natural interests and curiosities are nurtured and as they are engaged in enjoyable interaction. Children learn through active play. Social skills, language skills, mathematical skills, and physical skills are a few skills that are learned through active play. I will provide the opportunities your child needs to increase their abilities through active play. 

My teaching strategies are both Guided and Direct. Using the “To-With-By” model of instruction, it is essentially an “I do – We do – You do”  plan. I teach something to my students, usually using direct instruction; then I work with my students, this is essentially guided instruction; then I encourage the students to work independently or by themselves, this is self-directed learning. Your child will also learn to read and write using the "To-With-By" method of instruction.

I have learned that one of the best indicators of reading success is the number of spoken words a preschooler knows and uses. Preschool age children should experience language rich environment that help children make connections using problem solving and reasoning skills to previous knowledge.

One of my goals as your child's teacher is to improve kindergarten transition by carefully designing experiences that will build upon your child’s strengths and knowledge. Your child will be provided with adequate time to explore in our discovory centers before starting directed work. Following "discovery time", we will begin to explore other areas of the curriculum that will enhance your child's knowledge. As a former kindergarten teacher, I know the areas on which to focus to make your child feel comfortable and confident entering kindergarten.

 I encourage and expect parental involvement with the students who attend Red Rooster Academy. The most influential teacher a child will have is their parents. I believe that if we work together with a positive parent-educator relationship, we can give your child the best possible learning outcome. My door will always be open to questions, suggestions, and ideas from those who are raising the leaders of our future!