What is University-Model
Schooling?
Trinity Christian School is modeled after a successful University-Model School,
Grace Preparatory Academy, in Arlington, TX. University-Model Schooling (UMS)
is an educational alternative, which combines a university type of schedule and
learning techniques with parental involvement.
University-model education takes the best aspects of traditional public and
private schools, as well as home schools, and molds them into one model. UMS
uses a university-style schedule adapted to the elementary, junior, and senior
high levels. Professional teachers teaching in their areas of expertise conduct
central classroom instruction. Elementary students attend classes on Tuesday
and Thursday. Students spend Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at home where
parents continue their instruction or monitor student progress. Teachers
provide parents with detailed instructions for days spent at home.
UMS caters to a wide
variety of student needs by allowing a range of enrollment opportunities.
Students may choose to take only one block of classes, or may opt to take a
full academic load.
Though off-campus parental roles are clearly defined and required in the model,
UMS should not be equated with home schooling or home schooling cooperatives.
Nor should UMS be understood as traditional classroom education that has simply
reduced classroom time (i.e. a Mon/Wed/Fri. classroom agenda). Its significance
lies in its ability to effectively partner parents with highly qualified
teachers to gain better academic results, especially among average students.
This partnership is facilitated by using a university-type schedule and
administrative system, while requiring a strong work ethic. The UMS model has
proved to be one of the best preparations for students planning on attending
college.
For more information about UMS, contact the National Association of University-Model Schools.
University-Model Schooling® "Is It For My Family?"
UMS is not for you if... UMS is for your family if... Right
from Wrong: What You Need to Know to Help Youth Make Right Choices, Josh
McDowell & Bob Hostetler, p.41 1Character Driven College
Preparation: Parents & Teachers in Partnership Through University-Model
Schooling, Dr. John Turner, Jr., p. 16 2Character Driven College
Preparation: Parents & Teachers in Partnership Through University-Model
Schooling, Dr. John Turner, Jr., p. 10 3Character Driven College
Preparation: Parents & Teachers in Partnership Through University-Model
Schooling, Dr. John Turner, Jr., p. 20
you believe the professional educator is in charge of your child's
education.
you don't desire to be an active parent mentor to your child.
you equate sending kids to school with giving them an education.1
you don't want to spend more time with your children.
your family situation does not allow a parent or acting parent to
be available to your child while studying at home.
you believe that once a child is attending school they need you
less.
you believe you are your child's first and most important teacher.
you believe that, as the parent, you are in charge of your child's
education.
you want to spend more time with your children.
you believe that parents are to travel the journey called
education with their children and you consider it a joy and privilege to do so.
you have a need and desire to partner with gifted and professional
teachers in a character-based academic environment, appealing to student's
hearts as well as their minds.2
you believe
schools are poor substitutes for parents.3
The most important change in education in the last fifty years has not
occurred in schools; it has occurred in the minds of parents who no longer take
responsibility for their children's education.
University-Model schools are successfully accessing the most powerful known
single influence for reforming education in America: meaningfully involved
parents!
Character Driven College Preparation: Parents & Teachers in
Partnership Through University-Model Schooling, Dr.
John Turner, Jr., p.13