The University-Model® is a five-day academic program with students spending 2-3 days in the central classroom and 2-3 days in their “satellite classroom” at home. Both classrooms are under the supervision of the professional educator.
The key to the success of the concept is the integration of a biblically-based, parentally-guided, Christian faith and a sound, teacher-directed, academic environment. Parents partner with professional educators in this educational process. Under the supervision of the qualified educator, parents are required to provide oversight responsibilities of their children’s coursework in the satellite classroom at home. They also serve as paraprofessionals by providing extension, enrichment, tutoring, and study skills instruction.
A rigorous, college-preparatory education that is second to none. Validation of the University-Model® by the entire educational community proves its value as a highly credible alternative model of education. The Cognia accreditation of NAUMS, Inc., along with the growing number of accredited NAUMS, Inc. member schools, support this belief.
What is NAUMS?
NAUMS, Inc. stands for the National Association of University‑Model® Schools. It is a U.S.-based nonprofit (established in 2002) that promotes a blended educational model combining traditional classroom instruction with homeschooling, primarily within a Christian context .
Discipleship
Parents play a vital role in the mission of the University-Model®. God has entrusted them with the responsibility of shepherding their children—mentoring them to know Christ and to live according to His purposes. It is by God’s design that parents lead their children to recognize that they are deeply blessed and called to be a blessing in the world.Today’s Christian youth are constantly bombarded with messages from the culture that promote inadequate and ultimately unfulfilling goals. They are enticed by counterfeit purposes that fall far short of God’s best—such as personal happiness apart from a relationship with God, popularity, acceptance, romantic and sexual relationships, and worldly measures of success in academics, the arts, sports, or material wealth. These influences encourage a life guided by personal desires, detached from accountability to absolute truth.The University-Model® exists to partner with parents who are committed to raising their children as responsible citizens of God’s Kingdom. UM schools focus on discipleship rather than evangelism, dedicating their resources to training young men and women who are willing, equipped, and courageous—prepared to influence the world around them for the glory of God.
