General Practices

Preschool By-laws, Policies and Procedures

Annandale Cooperative Preschool’s by-laws, policies and procedures are contained in the Parent Primer. It is distributed to new members but is available for examination by prospective members upon request. It is expected that all members agree to abide by the by-laws, policies and procedures outlined in the Parent Primer. Changes to the preschool’s by-laws are made only by vote of the preschool’s general membership at general membership meetings.

Discipline Policy

We believe that the teachers must lovingly guide and redirect the children to help them learn to cooperate with their peers. We believe that we can best accomplish this by having a variety of activities for the children, using group management techniques, limiting the number of children in each area to avoid crowding, maintaining an excellent adult-to-child ratio, speaking positively with the children if their behavior is inappropriate, giving praise for appropriate behavior, and redirecting children to other activities.

Any form of hitting, corporal punishment, abusive language, ridicule, harsh or humiliating or frightening treatment is both illegal and contrary to our philosophy. None of these behaviors will be tolerated at Annandale Cooperative Preschool.