Safety
Rising Leader Academy is unable to care for children with fevers over 103 degrees Fahrenheit. Any other symptoms will be at the discretion of Rising Leader Academy. An additional fee will be applied for children with symptoms of illness. Rising Leader Academy must be made aware of any adults who will be present during hours of in-home care. We require to see a state ID for any adults who will be present during in-home hours of care, receiving your child at drop-off, or picking your child up. These adults must also be listed on your registration form.
Payment
We require at least 24-hour notice to cancel a booked service, otherwise you will be required to pay a cancellation fee equaling 50% of the total cost of the booked service that will be due on the same day.
No refunds after services have been rendered. Payment is due at the time of service. At this time, we can only accept Cash, Checks, Venmo, Cashapp, and PayPal. Receipt of service will be rendered at your request.
Late fee: There will be a fee of $1 per minute charged. The price is negotiable for cases of
emergency and under special circumstances when notice is given.
Curriculum
We implement a hybrid curriculum composed of Montessori and Traditional Early Childhood practices. We utilize music, repetition, and the Montessori three-period lesson (introduction, association/recognition, and recall) to help our rising leaders retain new information. We believe in using children's interests to teach them new skills. We meet children where they are developmentally while helping them reach their full potential.
Academic preparation and life lessons include Grace and Courtesy, Social Responsibility, Originality of Thought, Creativity, Sharing, and Patience. The work and lessons that are offered to our rising leaders are prepared to meet their growing emotional and cognitive abilities. As your child grows emotionally, physically, and intellectually, the activities continue to change to meet his/her needs. We strive to keep our rising leaders happy, safe, interested in learning, and uplifted. We use respect, consistency, structure, intrinsic motivation, and love to help our students increase their confidence to rise up to be the leaders they are destined to be.
Toilet Learning
We will support your efforts and encourage toilet learning. We change our students using the stand-up diapering method. This allows the child the freedom of movement so that they can teach themselves to move on and off the toilet at their own learning pace. This method allows the child to fully participate in the toileting process while also encouraging and supporting independence. We charge an additional fee for children who have not completed the toileting process.