Community Ownership: Parents likely have a strong say in how the service operates and what happens to children, all money earnt stays within it, and teachers may be paid better and childcare charges may be lower compared to most (but not necessarily all) private and corporate owned services. (Ask: Is it an Incorporated Society? Does it also have charitable status?)
Small Boutique Centre: Centres with 50 or fewer children make it easier for staff to provide a warm and nurturing environment, for children to have their individual needs met and skills, knowledge, and competencies extended. (Ask: For continuity of care and relationships, do children stay with the same group of children and teachers throughout their time at the service?)
100% Qualified Teacher Funded: All staff counted toward meeting the minimum adult-child ratio requirement must hold a practising certificate as a teacher if the service receives this level of Ministry of Education funding. (Ask: Does the service count teachers trained in the ECE of children birth to 5 years and not primary or secondary school trained teachers?)
Men Included on Teaching Staff (as at last year): There are strong benefits of having both men and women on the teaching team for the quality of care and education a service provides to children. Additionally, gender bias in staff recruitment and employment is not generally acceptable in society today. (Ask: How many teaching staff are employed and what proportion are men?)
(as at last year):
Clean Licence Record (last year and the year before): To be licensed a service must comply with regulations that help ensure children’s safety, care, and a suitable standard of education. When requirements are breached the Ministry of Education may downgrade a service’s licence to provisional or issue a suspension. (Check the lists of services placed on a provisional or suspended licence https://oece.nz/public/information/standards/ published each year)
(last year and year before):
Recommended Highly by 80% or More Families: At least 80% of families recommend the service and rate it as being very good to excellent on a range of aspects of quality. (Note that a response rate of at least 51% families on the OECE parent survey https://oece.nz/public/information/resources/parent-survey/ research instrument within the last three years is necessary here)
6 Reviews on “Titoki Montessori Pre-School”
I highly recommend Titoki Montessori to any parent of a preschooler. You can feel immediately that both the children and the teachers very much enjoy coming here every day. It is a warm and caring environment that brings out the best in every child. My son is now attending in his third year and I love how he developed into a curious, independent and self-confident little man.
Titoki Montessori is the best pre-school I have ever had after rising up 3 kids.Very effective communication between children and parents! A perfect place with high quality teachers for children’s learning!
The school nutures the children’s competence on every aspects. It is a school beyond our expectation.
Titoki Montessori School is a well prepared and set up environment to support each child on their leaning journey and develop themselves. A lovely place with high standard quality teachers to offering high quality learning opportunities to the kids.
This is the best Montessori preschool I have ever been to visit. Tracie, the head of school and her team are very dedicated to early childhood learning, not only they are all AMI diploma holders and well trained, I can tell they have established a close relationships with the children that when my boy went on the first day of his term break, and he already started asking me when can he go back to Titoki because he misses his school. I have never heard my boy asking such a question in his previous daycare at all, I am so sure something nice must have happened in this little community! I can’t thank the school and the teaching team enough for being there for us, supporting our boy to strive and grow. Ka pai Titoki!
Titoki Montessori centre goes above and beyond in catering to each child’s individual needs and interests. My daughter absolutely loves being there, and as a parent, I couldn’t be happier with the care and education she receives. Tracie, the school manager, is incredibly supportive and adds an extra layer of warmth and care to the Titoki.
Wonderful supportive Montessori school, children receive amazing care and individualized education suitable for each unique child’s needs and interests.