Alabama Waldorf Association The Redmont School Inc
Cultivating healthy, confident, compassionate learners
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We work toward creating a healthy dynamic between teachers and students that is authentic (not computer-based) and creates engaging learning opportunities for 18 month olds - 8th graders. We have a low-media, low-technology policy that aims to keep a protective gesture around childhood.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Nursery
age 18 mos - 3
Kindergarten
Ages 3-6
Grades 1-8
Students in first through eighth grade
Extended Care
After school program
Summer Program
Summer Program
Where we work
Awards
Parent's Choice - Best Private School 2012
Birmingham Magazine
Parent's Choice - Best Private School, Best Preschool 2011
Birmingham Magazine
Affiliations & memberships
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) 2003
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of contracts/purchase agreements that the organization holds for purchase of its products/services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Grades 1-8
Context Notes
The number of students enrolled is an important metric for our school.
Number of teachers involved in school-wide decisions about student learning
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Grades 1-8
Context Notes
Ours is a faculty-run school with overlapping spheres of governance occupied by the Board of Trustees & the Administration and the Parent Family Association.
Number of students who demonstrate writing ability
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Grades 1-8
Context Notes
All 5th-8th graders do original writing during academic blocks. These totals include all the enrolled 5th-8th graders each year. 100% of students each year demonstrate excellent above-average skills.
Number of teachers retained after 12 months
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Grades 1-8
Context Notes
We have great teacher longevity because our teachers believe in Waldorf education, low screen time, healthy food, engaging lessons incl. play, music, world language,handwork, and standard academics.
Number of educators who have opportunities to attend programs offered by professional organizations
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Grades 1-8
Context Notes
Prof. development is an important component of Waldorf education as we keep abreast of changing social issues and strategies for managing them. Pedagogical workshops are also important to refresh.
Number of administrators and staff who plan and experience professional development activities together
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Grades 1-8
Context Notes
We plan on-site professional development annually because we value admin and teachers working and playing together!
Number of children who have a sense of their own feelings and an ability to express empathy for others
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Grades 1-8
Context Notes
This is not measured but is in our mission statement and is a daily goal for us. It is different for preschool, kindergarten, lower grades and upper grades.
Number of students per classroom during the reporting period
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Grades 1-8
Context Notes
Student/ teacher ratios are low in preschool and higher in the grades. We strive for 100% capacity in Nursery (which we achieved) and KG. We strive for 85% capacity in Grades which we achieved.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Ensuring a lifelong love of learning for PreK-8th.
Educating the hands (Handwork), the heart (world language, history), and the heart of each unique child.
Parent education regarding low media, low screen time and healthy diet.
Protecting childhood from 0-14.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our mission states that we cultivate healthy, confident, compassionate learners who excel academically, socially, and civically. That is another way of saying that we educate the head, the heart and the hands. Our students learn about other cultures and other world languages to increase their feelings of tolerance. They learn handwork, speech, and art to increase feelings of confidence. They learn to be socially comfortable with their class and their teachers and their school by having lunch time, recess, and outside time. Often, our teachers loop up with their classes creating built-in accountability for teaching excellence.
We have parent evenings and several outside lectures each academic year that help educate parents on beneficial movement exercises, negative effects of screen time and media and the helpful effects of adequate sleep and healthy diet.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have trained Waldorf teachers who understand whole-child philosophy, the protective gesture we have around childhood through age 14, and the importance of low media and healthy food and sleep.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We were renters from 1987-2016. We purchased a former church in 2013 and embarked on our first capital campaign to refurbish the church 2014-1017. We also gained dual accreditation from the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) and Southeastern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) in 2015. We moved into the new campus October 2016. We have decreased our age of entry from 3 to 2.5 to 18 months over the past three years and are working on developing a birth - 3 program; this entails teacher training which we are pursuing. We are also having conversations about a high school co-op that would be a Waldorf initiative based on our property.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Alabama Waldorf Association The Redmont School Inc
Board of directorsas of 01/24/2018
Mr. Patrick McCarty
Patrick McCarty
Rob Spiegel
Holly Thompson
Glenny Brock
Colin Reily
Neville Baay
Dave Hall
Jenn Gray
Bri Wright
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes