School Choice Consultation
Anoo works with families to bring them clarity on what they most want for their child, who the child is and then leverage that knowledge to guide the identification of a school or home learning environment. This consultation is useful to all families; those considering public schools, private schools or home-schooling. Anoo helps families move from the inside out in the educational choices for their children by focusing on the child, her needs and the family’s needs. She also provides detailed guidance on specific schools and overall practical considerations. This partnership based approach leads to a framework parents use not only to choose a school but to also navigate their child’s experience in school.
ONE-TIME CONSULTATION
Families can choose to engage in one-time or other shorter timeframe consultations to answer essential questions and make decisions for specific situations.
CONSULTATION FOR GIFTED LEARNERS
Over the last five years, Anoo has developed an expertise in working with gifted learners and their families. The School Choice Consultation process is personalized to understand and make recommendations for gifted learners with varying needs.
SCHOOL CHOICE CONSULTATION (Preschool, Elementary, Middle and High School)
Families can choose to engage the complete Art of Education process that takes them from a vision for their child’s education to choosing and enrolling in the right school. This process is powerful for Preschool, Elementary, Middle and High school choice. This personalized process is useful to all families whether considering public or private schools. Its focus is on creating a framework for understanding your child and identifying the characteristics of an education that is right for her. School Recommendations are based on this framework.
Often, the Art of Education process includes these steps, each personalized to the needs and inclinations of a family:
Values, Beliefs and Hopes: Reflect on your own education and make explicit how this will impact your choices for your child, articulate values, beliefs and hopes for the child, the child’s education.
Who is my child: Parents observe and study the child to get to know her as a learner, a social being, an engaged human being, a contributing member of a larger community. Anoo observes the child in her current school or home setting as part of creating a portrait of her learning inclinations and needs. For upper elementary, middle and high school students, Anoo also speaks with the students.
School recommendations: Anoo braids together parents’ hopes, family values and the child’s needs to identify 3-5 schools. School recommendations are accompanied with details on how a specific school meets the child/family and the ways in which it falls short. Tips and questions for school tours and open houses are included. The school recommendations report serves as the framework for parents to see schools, understand them, choose which ones to apply to and how best represent their truest selves in the applications.
Applications (for private schools): Leveraging all the clarity they have developed, parents apply to schools. Anoo supports parents to write authentic applications that are true to the child and family. The goal of this stage is to represent fully who the child is and how the child and family will connect and contribute to the school community. Anoo does not work with families to “write what the school wants to hear”. She does not advocate for specific children at schools. Following application writing, Anoo offers parents ways to reduce stress during visits and interviews, tips to enjoy school visits and engage interviews as an honest way to get to know the school and share information about the family and child.
Choosing that one school: We return to the hopes and the understanding of the child to choose a single school.
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