Initiativschule

00:06 Dec 17, 2009 

sorry, your entry below was not visible when I wrote my contribution! But even though the school in question has no Waldi/Monti orientation, the "status" idea might work - your context will tell!

23:56 Dec 16, 2009 

From my personal experience with alternative education models, I know that “initiative” often describes the **first phase** of a connection to a pedagogical principle or philosophy, with the goal of receiving full recognition later on. Once certain conditions have been met (specially trained teachers, sustained student numbers over fixed a time period …), the “initiative” status will change and the school is “promoted” to the next status level, i.e. it receives formal recognition and subsequent affiliation.
For illustration of this model, please see the following description relating to Waldorf schools:
"This entry-level affiliation with AWSNA is intended to provide new initiatives, which have an intention to begin a Waldorf school, with greater opportunity to establish a living connection with the Waldorf school movement. This is a significant step in the development of AWSNA toward its mission of serving and enhancing the Waldorf impulse in North America."

http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_AWSNA_FAQ/?pa...

23:03 Dec 16, 2009 

Looks like we both had the same idea at the same time.

23:01 Dec 16, 2009 

Die Schule ist eine zweisprachige Privatschule, die seit 5 Jahren besteht und preschool, primary school, middle school und high school bietet. Nichts in Richtung Waldorf or Montessori.

22:57 Dec 16, 2009 

without further context, i would tend towards "pilot project" ; it would help to know what kind of approach this school had taken i.e. Waldorf Schule/ Montessori or something similar which is not part of the mainstream ?