Parent Participation and Rights

Parents have rights and are encouraged to participate in their child's Montessori education.

You, the parent, are your child’s first teacher; passing on your own morals, values, ideals, personal likes and dislikes, customs and traditions.  Because of this, you are equally important in the classroom.

If your schedule allows, please ask to spend time visiting Montessori International on a pre-determined schedule.  You may feel there are contributions you would like to share with the children and Staff.  It can be as simple as a hobby or insights for the children into your own profession.  Montessori International and your child need you.  It is tremendously valuable for your child to see you actively participating at their school.

Parents have rights and are encouraged to participate in their child's Montessori education.At home, be interested in and receptive to your child’s stories, conversations and projects about school and goings on at school.  When your child brings home a paper or project they have completed, take the time to sit with them alone and allow them to explain it to you.  Please take care not to cross examine; be truly interested in the effort, not in trying to test your child’s intelligence.  Cheer the effort.

Be positive, encouraging and appreciative. Remember, it is the responsibility of Montessori International to provide the formal education.  Your prime responsibility is to support your child in offering their best in their educational endeavors.

Parents have the right to:
  1. Parents have rights and are encouraged to participate in their child's Montessori education.Know their children are in a safe environment—an environment where they are free to select from a variety of activities.
  2. Participate in all levels of decision-making concerning how their children spend the day.
  3. Be provided a Montessori International Parents Manual outlining policies and rules for our school.
  4. Know what types of programs and activities are being planned and be offered feedback on the kinds of activities the children enjoy.
  5. Share concerns with the Staff, at any time, about anything they do not feel is in the best interest of the children.
  6. Know if their child is misbehaving and to spend time talking with the Staff concerning a solution.
  7. Know if the child does not report to the program as intended.
  8. Know when the children will be going any place other than where the program is usually held.
  9. Voice special concerns and consideration not covered in the school's manual and to discuss special cases where occasional exceptions may be made from the rules set forth in the manual.
Parents have the responsibility to:
  1. Parents have rights and are encouraged to participate in their child's Montessori education.Let the Staff know if their child will not be in attendance for the day.
  2. Observe the rules of the Montessori International program as set forth in our provided manual and any additional policy statements.
  3. Share their concerns with Staff if the program is not meeting their child's needs.
  4. Listen to concerns that Staff have about their child's behavior and to work through an agreeable solution to any problems that might occur.
  5. Know about any change in policy or procedure.
  6. Know the discipline procedure of the School as explained in the School's manual.
  7. Replace any equipment that their child is responsible for misusing.
  8. Sign out their child at the end of the day, notify a staff member if they are taking a child from the School and notify the staff when another authorized person is picking up the child.
  9. Inform the Staff if the child has been exposed to a contagious illness.
  10. Notify the Staff of planned absences in advance.
  11. Pay all fees on time.
  12. Keep the child's medical and personal records up-to-date, including immunizations, current telephone number and address.
  13. Pick up your child on time.