Richland Academy, pre-k info in 15934

Pre K Philosophy

Richland Academy views the child as:

* The constructor of his own knowledge and an active participant in his individual learning experience (in collaboration with the teacher).
* Capable of making choices within a carefully designed environment.
* Possessing sensitive periods and following universal predictable sequences of growth and change during the first 8 years of life.
* Worthy of an attitude of mutual respect equal in humanity if not in development experience or education.

Richland Academy views the classroom environment as:

* A carefully "prepared environment" which strives to be harmonious supportive child-centered consistent and non-competitive.
* An aesthetically pleasing safe and clean space where child-initiated child-directed teacher supported activity thrives.
* Balancing the developmental needs of each individual child with those of the classroom community as a whole.
* Engaging each child in age-appropriate experiences that enhance intellectual communicative perceptual physical social and emotional growth and development.
* Designed to promote authentic learning (understood as the process of making meaning out of experiences and interactions).
* Utilizing hands-on concrete materials and experiences as the building blocks for the later development of abstract thought.
* Balancing the development of critical thinking strategies and positive dispositions toward learning with the acquisition of specific skills and information.

Richland Academy views the teacher as:

* The vital link between the child and the prepared environment.
* The designer of a prepared environment that is responsive to and shaped by the emotional physical social and intellectual needs of each child within the class.
* Committed to assisting children in realizing their unique immense inner potential.
* Capable of true respect for the child as the constructor of her own intelligence and character.
* An observer guide role model protector and resource in the classroom learning community.
* Dedicated to providing authentic meaning-making experiences for children that draw upon their personal interests and are relevant to their life.
* Capable of offering choices to children and willing to allow them to take the natural or logical consequences for both appropriate and inappropriate choices.
* Recognizing the parents as the child's first teachers. Fostering communication and collaboration with parents related to their child's growth and development.

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Accept vouchers

Yes

Inspection URL

http://www.humanservices.state.pa.us/COMPASS.Web/ProviderSearch/Pgm/PSCRT.aspx?ProviderId=2111214210&ProviderLocId=1&ProgramCode=CCP

Special Needs

Administer Injections Administer Medication Administer Nebulizer Treatment (Asthma) Asthma Auditory Impairment Cognitive Dysfunction/Delay Gifted Ability Other Chronic Physical Illness Seizures Speech/Language Delay Special Diet Visual Impairment

Operating hours

Monday - Friday 7:00 am - 5:30 pm