ILM Tree is a non-profit Muslim cooperative education center run by member families who have a passion for being the primary
providers of their own children’s education.
We strive to combine the best available classical curriculum and our Islamic traditions to educate the “whole” child. We started with a vision of what a great education should be and have grown by adding members whose skills and values support our common goals.
ILM Tree models an extended family approach to learning. We teach and learn in a spacious residential home. The older students are role models for the younger. Fathers are involved as well as mothers. By keeping our program affordable through opportunities to work off tuition costs, ILM Tree is truly a place where parents and children of any background are welcome. They are taught that no one group is better than another and that the best of people are those who love Allah.
The ILM Tree Co-op is committed to academic excellence,
ethnic diversity, cultural awareness, and community service within a safe,
family-centered environment.
We are developing a unique, replicable education
model that we believe can function as a viable new paradigm for any Muslim
institution of learning in America that endeavors to offer superior academic
instruction and a well-rounded education.
By means of your generous
financial support, our present and future endeavors will succeed!
Read more in the Fundraising Letter.
Mission & Vision
The Vision
ILM Tree endeavors to educate students to be the leaders of tomorrow, we understand we are educating the whole child mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Cooperative schooling is flexible and inclusive of children and families, each bringing their unique mix and skills to the group.
Child-Centric Model
- growth starts with a Blue-Sky Vision (look at possibilities, not constraints)
- begin with the child at the center of our goals
- build on these core principles to lead you to where you want to be
- fit “education to child” not “child to school”
Benefits
Co-op schooling environment provides the following benefits:
- Families are saved from isolation
- Diverse and supportive environment for parents to lean on each other
- Children interact and develop with peers as well as other children of all ages
- Small group instruction
- Individualized attention as well as challenge and companionship of peers
- Parental control over all aspects of their children’s development
- Safe and welcoming physical environment
- Home-like/suburban setting that celebrates a relationship with nature
- Setting aligned with parental preferences
- Quran and Islamic Studies are woven into the curriculum to develop a spiritual understanding and secure Muslim identity from an early age
Objectives
- ILM Tree families believe that if done well, cooperative schooling is an ideal method of education
- Individual attention
- Love of learning
- Customized education
- Spiritual development and love of Allah and HIS final messenger (saw) is a daily emphasis
- Teachers are parents who develop into a tight community that supports one another
- Teacher’s bonded to student success
- Adab and behavior towards elders and peers is an essential building block
- Much greater level of parental control over all influences
- ILM Tree is currently insulated from many public-school issues
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