What is most essential thing to know in choosing the private school that best fits for your child? If you know and understand these important things regarding the school you are choosing, then you’ll get to predict the things that might happen in the long run. In this article I am going to show you the top 10 questions that are frequently asked by parents to private schools.
Top 10 Questions that can guide you in choosing the best among private schools.
1. What are the safety regulations the school gives to your child? The biggest reason why parents want their children to study in a private school is the safety private schools provide. It is your job as a parent to keep your children away from vices such as drugs, and violence. So it is really necessary for you to ask private schools the safety guidelines and precautions they give your children.
2. What kind of basic theology or philosophy does the school advocate for their students? Private schools differ in regards to the basis of their educational philosophy, and they might also have their own point of view in their theological orientation. Thus, it is really vital for you to know what are the philosophies and theologies the school is rooted for and the effects of these viewpoints to your child.
3. What are the qualifications the school is considering to hire a faculty? Depending on the laws given by the state, private schools can be allowed to hire teachers with special or different certifications or degrees than teachers in the public schools. There are some private schools that are requiring their teachers to have more training than the teachers in public schools.
4. What is the student-teacher ratio? Children studying in private schools have the advantage of having a smaller class size. With this, it is really guaranteed that students studying in private schools have an edge over students studying in public schools.
6. What are the school’s schedules? When will the class start? When will it end? Is there any after school sessions? What time is the recess and lunch? Knowing these things makes you check and observe if the day to day regularity schedule of the school best fits for your family.
6. Do parents have the ability to take part with the school? Joining in school functions can help you see what your child experiences at school, and this can also help your child to have a connection between his family life and his school life.
7. How can the school help and support the needs of their students that have different ways of learning things? Students learn in different ways, and some teaching method might be a great way to teach a certain child but it may not be so great for other children. Preferably, schools must be able to coherently explain their ways in meeting their students’ needs.
8. How does the school respect diversity? This is depending on where the school is located and how it is structured, the law sometimes requires some schools to have a policy of non-discrimination, and others do not. Some schools have the attitude of embracing the diversity of people and their own opinions and viewpoints.
9. The school is established when? Schools that are operating for a longer time may have developed a much more thorough policies and curriculum, and schools which have just opened sometimes have a lower tuition fee and much smaller class.
10. How much is the tuition fee? Is there any financial aid available? What are the methods of paying? It is really important for parents like you to know how much is the costs of enrolling your child to private schools.
In asking these 10 questions, you will somehow have a great start in knowing the basic differences between schools, and it also lets you choose what you think is the best. But, I am not constraining you to ask other questions aside from these 10! The purpose of these questions is just to guide you in choosing what school is the best for your child to give him/her the best foundations that he/she needs in life and that can also grant your child the opportunity to develop his/her potentials.
Written by David Thackeray
IT Professional
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