How is the children’s progress measured?
All Khalsa School students have a work plan: upper elementary students receive a weekly plan, younger students work with a daily plan. We provide as much structure as a child needs to be successful. The children must get their work checked by a teacher before it is “complete”, and we monitor what has been achieved on a daily basis. Most days, the students come to at least one small group lesson, in which the teacher monitors the progress of their learning. Teachers also spend some time each day observing students. The students have journals and work folders in which to kept their work. We do not assign grades at the elementary levels, but issue progress reports and hold parent conferences twice a year. We also maintain portfolios of the student’s best work, which accompanies the child through the academic levels at Khalsa School.
