An approved WiseOnes teacher comes to your school with everything needed to provide the weekly lesson.  All the children need is a pencil case. The school provides space for 8 children and their WiseOnes teacher and allows the children out of class on their parents request.

We make it as easy as possible for the school staff, the parents and the children.  We have been school staff, we have been parents of advanced learners, we have been school leaders too. We empathize with everyone concerned and have attempted to make it as easy as possible for everyone

Parents - the child is safe at their own school, no travel costs or inconvenience and they are in a familiar environment. They are offered a wide ranging, real word, exciting curriculum that aims for wisdom and wholeness and does not cut across class learning..

Teachers - the child does not miss the same lesson each week so there is no pressure to "catch up". They are identified fast learners.  The average fast learner learns at 140% the rate of the child of average potential so they can miss quite a  bit without you having to worry. Other research shows that they already know 80% of the work expected to be taught at any year level and they know it by February.  Concerns about missing class work are unfounded according to the research.   Research also proves that the WiseOnes type of program is second only to acceleration by a whole year in effectiveness for fast learners or children of gifted potential.

Principal - all our teachers are state approved and have been cleared for Working With Children. They have also been thoroughly checked by us as if they were teaching our own children. They are of "like mind" with the children- fast thinkers, different sense of humour, large body of general knowledge, fast learners, and good teachers.   They are conscientious and well organized and they care about the children and your school. They carry their own Public Liability Insurance. Our Education Managers maintain a professional relationship with you and provide you with full information. We provide staff meetings to inform teachers of ways to identify the fast learners who are hiding or disadvantaged by health challenges and we provide information afternoon or night meetings for interested parents. Whatever your concerns we will sort it out. We are not a bureaucracy but a flexible team of professional educators.

There are so many fast learners in schools, about 10% of any school and up to 20% in some schools that we knew that we could not serve the needs by ourselves. The most successful system is franchising. It has a legislated Code of Conduct and the Franchise Council of Australia, FCA, has a great support system for training and networking to learn more and share expertise. 

WiseOnes started as a franchised business, several years ago in Victoria, and it still operates that way.

WiseOnes Education Managers have to meet very strict criteria. One can't go around operating a WiseOnes business and be unwise. All Education Managers are registered and well qualified teachers with leadership experience and interests outside education as well.. Of course they have a clear Police check and we do extensive investigation of their background. School Principals can be assured that these people are very safe and reliable. They are also sensitive to the school environment and the roles of people on staff. Principals find us a good "ear".

Education Managers are the people who organise the program in the schools.  We make it very easy and inexpensive to implement. Education Managers may or may not be the ones who teach these small groups of fast learners for their special needs each week. However all contract teachers have to satisfy the same strict criteria as the Managers. Contract teachers sign a contract with a franchised Education Manager to deliver the special needs curriculum for 8 lessons per term at certain schools. All of them,  Education Managers and contract teachers,  have to attend a Professional Development meeting each month to learn more about fast learners and giftedness. Some have qualifications in this area already. They also attend the WiseOnes Annual Conference where we have outside specialist speakers on relevant topics.

Unfortunately the end cost is to the parents, as there is no government funding and school budgets cannot cope with the costs of such small groups and such unique curriculum. WiseOnes gives a scholarship at each school so the most needy do not miss out. This is because the Founder of the organization received two scholarships that meant she could complete secondary education when no-one else from her school did or could. She is very grateful for what someone else gave her a long time ago and she wants to make sure other poor children get an opportunity to succeed.  WiseOnes has provided scholarship services valued at more than $250,000 since inception and that is out of the pockets of the Directors and Education Managers, not by building it into the fee structure. We are a highly collegial and ethical organization. Very few schools get sponsorship from outside sources but Rotary and banks have sometimes assisted the schools who asked them.