Why Rising Scholars?
Rising Scholars' competitive edge is two-fold:
- Developmentally Appropriate Practices – The classroom can only be as successful as it's practices. Rising Scholars will a very small amount of large group time with a very large amount of individual/small group time. The progressive Christian Montessori approach will give children the morals, independence, support, and academics needed to be successful in further education endeavors and as adults. Students will have an array of subjects to choose from, and will develop on their own levels through individual and small-group lessons. When children have a choice and the confidence of completing a work on their own by viewing a control of error (safety net created by the teacher) their desire for education grows.
- Specialized Trained Teachers – The teachers have years of child care and teaching experience, are trained in early childhood practices, and are trained professionally or by other professionals in the Montessori approach. They redirect the students and guide them supportively without doing it for them. Instead of saying good job and dismissing a child, the teachers discuss how proud the child is and how hard they worked to complete the chosen task. Everyone can take education classes, but not everyone can create a rapport of respect with the students where everyone works together as a team for school-readiness and success.