What makes an ideal school environment

I was chatting with a schoolmate about the local ECE landscape and thought that it would be helpful to consolidate my thoughts on what I hope to advocate as a practitioner.

Community of learners

- Involve all members of the community in children's learning (people from school & people outside - stakeholders of what they are inquiring - culturally sensitive & authentic learning)

- Foster a positive relationship among non-teaching staff & children & parents

- Help parents appreciate their children as beings with autonomy who are deserving of respect and dignity and love

- Empower parents to reflect on their parenting styles 

- Advocate for parents to self-care 

Management & Teachers

- Open communication

- Pool of ideas

- Encourage creativity & autonomy for teachers

Curriculum

- Inquiry-based

- RIE

- 100 languages of children; Reggio documentation