suzuki values

The Suzuki values are important to each providing the best for each child, family and teacher at the school. We take these values very seriously.

1. We honor our children: We respect each child and the family which has placed trust in us. We continually work to strengthen the bond we form with the child and his family, viewing them as our first priority. We promise to create a space that is loving and safe for every child.

2. We value the excellence created by a collaborative approach: We value teams which recognize the whole as more effective than the sum of its parts. The collaborative approach requires the very best of the teacher each day; if this is not given, both the team and the children are noticeably affected. Through collaboration the accountability to the children and each other is reinforced daily as part of the classroom routines and planning. This teaching approach requires collaboration across all aspects of the school – not just among the individual teaching teams. We view each classroom team as a valuable part of the Suzuki whole – one of many members within the larger school environment. We recognize the need for individual flexibility and fluidity, as teams are reconfigured to foster both personal and professional growth and to offer innovation and strength to the entire teaching community.

3. We develop genuine teachers who wish to be a part of the Suzuki vision: We respect teachers who have an enthusiasm for learning – for the teaching of both children and families and for the teaching of each other. We attract bright, intellectually curious educators who hold that the opening of a young child’s mind is a worthy calling. We are committed to providing our teachers with an opportunity for a life-long career, one which inspires and nurtures the professional and personal goals of each.

4. We believe in lifelong learning: We believe that education begins at birth and seek a partnership with parents and teachers who understand the importance of a life spent learning. We value the continuous process of both personal and academic growth, for ourselves and for our children, and recognize that learning means experimentation, innovation and sometimes, failure.

5. We regard beauty as necessary: We appreciate the inherent goodness and order in everything around us and instill this perspective in the children we teach. We create an environment in which beauty can be found and reproduced.

6. We prize accountability and results: We value teachers who hold themselves accountable to the children, to the parents and to each other. We esteem those who understand the unique and direct impact they have on success of each child and their responsibility in the creation of that child. Our teaching approach requires teachers who will selflessly hold each other accountable for doing what is best for the children in a way that demonstrates emotional maturity and fosters collaboration.

7. We require productive and respectful relationships within our diverse community: We seek willing partners in the extraordinary task of teaching a young child so that we may all grow together. We value respectful, effective and honest dialog which requires an ability to listen closely and to honor each other. We recognize that integrity in communications and in actions are fundamental to our Suzuki heart. We seek to establish a community that is diverse in population and multi-cultural in background.