TBANS Class Placement Policy
Class Placement Policy
The Director and the Kesher Team guide the class placement process which occurs from late spring through July. Teachers who are most familiar with the children’s strengths, goals, learning styles, communication and friendship patterns consider the best placement for each child. Teachers’ knowledge of child development, their affection for each child, and their passion for each child’s success are paramount in the decision-making.
The TBANS Staff will…
- Place each child in a nurturing and supportive classroom environment that will optimally support their growth and development.
- Place each returning student with familiar peers from the three current same-age classes whom will best support their learning.
- Insure that each child has the opportunity to develop new relationships in their next class; returning students will also maintain relationships with all the children in their current class through regularly scheduled cross class and all class programming.
- Create and reevaluate class lists repeatedly for months prior to distribution to be sure each group is best suited to create a positive classroom community the following year.
- Send class lists home in early August.
Parents may email information to the Director that they believe will help facilitate the best placement for their child. Helpful information includes parents’ reflection on their child’s learning and play styles, responses to varying teaching styles, and especially their hopes and dreams for their child’s next educational year. While we welcome parents’ input, teacher requests are not appropriate, as all our teachers are stellar educators, eager to support each child’s development.
TBANS Licensing
Licensing
Temple Beth Ami is licensed by the Maryland State Department of Education to operate a Child Development Program, and by Montgomery County Health and Human Services to operate a Private Educational Institution.
Temple Beth Ami adheres to all regulations established by our licensing agencies, including:
Parents’ Guide to Regulated Child Care: This document must be made available to all parents. http://earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org/system/files/filedepot/2/parentbrochuremsdedecember2007.pdf
Required Forms: Children may not attend school without required forms on file, including a Health Inventory and Emergency Contact Information. In addition, Temple Beth Ami requires several additional permissions which must be kept in a child’s file to ensure the proper functioning of our daily routines.
Safety Procedures: All doors remain locked, and parents must request entry through the front school entrance only. If no one is available to answer the school door, then parents must enter the building through the Main Temple Entrance.
Temple Beth Ami emergency preparedness is regularly reviewed by the Security Department of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and by Montgomery County Police. The Emergency Plan is up-dated annually. Safety drills are conducted at least monthly.
Medication Administration: Parents must sign and submit a “Medication Authorization Form” to allow school staff to provide any prescription or over-the-counter medicines to children. Any medication to be given to a child in school must first be administered at home, and then must be provided to the school in the original manufacturer’s container. Prescription medications must have a standard pharmacy label stating name, dosage and expiration date.
Reporting of Suspected Abuse and Neglect: All educators are required by law to report any suspicion of physical, mental or sexual abuse or neglect to the Office of Child Protective Services. Once a report is made, staff members are required to cooperate with any investigation undertaken by authorities.
Introduction to Temple Beth Ami Nursery School
Introduction to Temple Beth Ami Nursery School
Our Mission: Joyful Jewish Learning
Our Philosophy: We are a welcoming and inclusive Reform Jewish community, where passionate teachers nurture and enrich the lives of our children and families in a joyful learning environment.
At Temple Beth Ami Nursery School, children acquire skills for positive, life-long social and emotional development. Teachers encourage curiosity, questioning, and a love of learning so that each child builds a solid foundation for continued school success.
As a learning community of educators and parents, we teach by providing children with opportunities to interact, explore and problem solve through intentional and creative play.
Our History: Temple Beth Ami founded a school for young children in 1989 and fondly called it Temple Beth Ami Nursery School (TBANS, pronounced T-Bans), reflecting our connection to the larger congregation and our priority of providing a nurturing, warm, and intimate Jewish setting for our children. We stay true to our roots and core values, but we frequently reflect on the program and update the curriculum to meet the ever-changing needs of our community and to ensure children’s readiness for later schooling.
Our Curriculum: In 2018, TBANS created our “Framework for Early Education” to express our specific goals for TBANS students and to delineate the skills that we work to help each child build during their time in our school, as they prepare for future social and academic success. TBANS Framework for Early Education may be viewed on our website and in our office.