Professional Development

Primrose Schools Continual Learning Program
For the Benefit of the Children Entrusted to Our Care

Primrose Schools is committed to providing professional development and continual learning for all staff members. This preparation and ongoing guidance enables our valued staff members to succeed and to create a rich learning environment that provides for your child's safety, security, happiness, and intellectual development. At Primrose, well-prepared teachers are key elements in the effectiveness of our quality programming.

Franchise owners and school management team members from across the country come to the Primrose Schools' support center campus in Atlanta to attend classes at the Primrose School of Education. They learn what they need to know to successfully run a Primrose school—from leadership to business management to implementation of the Balanced Learning^® Curriculum.

Primrose Schools has established a Continual Learning Plan that defines all of the initial and ongoing training franchise owners, management team members, and teachers are required to complete to ensure excellence in our schools. Training is updated every year to address changes in the curriculum and programming as part of our continuous improvement process at Primrose. The Continual Learning Plan is monitored through the AdvancED accreditation process and our internal Standard of Excellence quality assurance program. Each school receives quality assurance reviews to ensure they are doing everything necessary to create a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment in which children can learn successfully.

Preparing Management to Support the Success of Teachers

Franchise owners and management teams receive extensive training in all operational policies and procedures, our Balanced Learning Curriculum, and classroom programming. This training focuses on the following areas in preparing the Primrose School staff to succeed:

• Developing and strengthening leadership skills
• Supporting the teaching teams through initial orientation
• Providing continual learning through observation, feedback, and ongoing training
• Valuing each individual's contribution to the team
• Setting goals to enable each team member to continuously improve teaching and professional skills

Preparing Teachers for a High-Quality Early Childhood Education Classroom

Our goal is to create a “community of learners” at each school that is passionate about providing the best early childhood education experience for each child. To meet that goal, Primrose Schools requires:

• General Orientation
  • All staff receives an orientation on the Primrose history and culture, philosophy of education, vision, mission, and all policies and procedures.
• Balanced Learning Curriculum and Programming Orientation
  • Training specific to each classroom program provides a thorough understanding of the Balanced Learning philosophy, the learning domains of subjects taught in each program, the standards and learning outcomes that identify the teaching and learning objectives for each class, and the Balanced Learning curriculum that will enable children to grow in their knowledge and understanding of the world.
• Observation of Teachers' relationship with children, Classroom Management, and Instructional Strategies
  • Management team members observe and monitor the classroom regularly to look for identified teacher behaviors that promote children's social, emotional, and intellectual achievement.

Primrose Schools partners with parents to nurture and educate children. For more than 28 years, parents have trusted Primrose to provide The Right Foundation to Build Active Minds, Healthy Bodies, and Happy Hearts.^®