About our School

	School Staff: Nadia Traietti, Kerry Drake, Cass Attaway-Krueger,  Pat Sefton (Director), Emily Vorspan, and Maaike Worde.

All Austin Cooperative Nursery School is a community of parents, teachers, and children, working together to provide high-quality experiential learning for our children in a secular environment.

Our nursery school was established in 1953 by a group of preschool parents to be one of the first interracial and intercultural schools in the state. We are proud to continue this tradition, drawing together families from many different backgrounds and from all over the city of Austin.

All Austin Cooperative Nursery School is a part-time preschool program. Our non-profit school is a true cooperative, run by a board made up of parents, the director, the teachers, and members of the Austin community.

Each family is responsible for a support job, and parents take turns assisting the teacher in the classroom. Each family helps in the classroom about once a month. While our children are learning by playing together, we parents are learning too, by sharing information and by following the supportive guidance of our teachers.

Teaching Philosophy
We believe that children’s play is a very important way of learning. Class sizes are small and the atmosphere is child-centered. Our dedicated teachers have created an environment that is inviting, secure, and rich in opportunities for the children to express their creativity, to explore new ideas, and to interact with other children.

Teachers introduce project ideas to the classroom, always basing their choice of projects on the children’s interests. The artwork and documentation displayed in the classrooms encourages the children to revisit their learning experiences and keeps parents informed about what our children are learning.