Montclair Child Development Center Head Start

The cornerstone of our agency is to provide quality education for our Early Head Start and Head Start program. We do this by utilizing a highly respected and well research curriculum entitled High Scope and by providing a safe, supportive and nurturing learning environment. The High Scope Curriculum promotes a hands-on learning experience with people, objects and ideas. This learning happens within and outside of the classroom.

Additionally, in an on-going effort to ensure the realization of our educational primary goal we have adopted an organizational approach to education for our children known as Successful Encounters. This approach to education requires the development of the whole child. This includes all areas of cognitive, social, physical and emotional development. Each child brings to our program his/her own culture, skills and experiences, and through the successful implementation of a developmentally appropriate curriculum, and by ensuring the realization of “Successful Encounters”, children will build on these experiences and develop a love for learning.

Also, as part of our education program we encourage parents to become active participants in their childs education by volunteering in the classroom and field trips. Our program is sensitive to the diversity of the families we serve, and as such we provide parental trainings in various areas including multiculturalism, gender/sex/age biases. Additionally, we include children with varying abilities in the classrooms, which allow for culturally diverse and unbiased classrooms. Our instructional staff is trained and evaluated on a continual basis to ensure quality service delivery and positive outcomes.

Child Ages:

2.5 years - 6 years

Licenses & Accreditations:

New Jersey Department of Children and Families

Preschool:

Yes

Hours of Operation:

8AM - 4PM