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Seattle, WA
Magnolia Cooperative Preschool
Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents. |
Review this preschool |
neighborhood: Queen Anne/Magnolia · Telephone: (206) 286-5922 · Website: www.magnoliacoop.org
Teachers Are:
| OVERALL RATING: (4.1) | |
| Full of energy and seemingly happy in job | |
| Patient and affectionate with children | |
| Talks with children and listens carefully when they are talking with him/her | |
| Praises children for accomplishments and good behavior | |
| Provides feedback on what my child does during the day | |
| Shares insights on my child that are helpful and accurate | |
| Identifies my child’s strengths and weaknesses | |
| If necessary, provides additional support to my child during pickup and drop-off | |
| Resolves disputes quickly, calmly and fairly in a manner that allows children to learn from the dispute | |
| Notices children who are not on task and/or engaging with other children appropriately and quickly reengages them | |
| Manages the energy level of the children so that all children feel safe and able to learn | |
| Provides additional support to a child when s/he is clearly failing in her/his efforts | |
| Strikes the proper balance between active and quiet play for children |
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Parents' Comments on Individualized Teaching
Parent #1
While we only have 1 teacher - 16 children, we have 8 adults present at everytime, so we are all co-teachers and almost as important as our 'lead teacher.' ( this is reference to the 2s year - as the children get older, there are less adults in the classroom) There are 4 paid teachers at Magnolia Co-op, and between them, they have almost 80 years of experience - all of their children went thru the co-op, and they have chosen to make this their career. As a part of the Seattle Central Community College program, we also have 2 advisors assigned to our school who are great parent educators and can help with specific issues, etc. Sometimes we don't use them enough! I think the most important thing about our preschool is that it is play based and really just focused on the social skills - they aren't going to learn how to read while they are there, but they certainly learn how to behave in a social setting and it gets them ready for kidnergarten so they are ready to learn when they get there. Magnolia Co-Op is one of the oldest co-ops in Seattle ( over 30 years), and I think that speaks for itself - it's truly a magical place!
Parent #2
In addition to the one teacher per classroom there are between 5 and 8 (dep. on class age) parents in class assistant teaching so there is a lot of 1:1 attention to each child and a lot of control of the class so the teacher can be most effective.
Parent #3
At my child's level (2 years old) the teacher regularly has many parents in the classroom assisting with supervision, so the ratio is one adult to two children. I am unaware of specifically scheduled parent-teacher conferences, but would feel comfortable talking to the teacher about my child.
Parent #4
Teachers we had have been top notch.
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