Child Educational Center - Caltech / JPL Community
Preschool in La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011
The Child Educational Centers mission is to support the development of happy caring and productive human beings by providing:
- A nurturing environment for children
- Support and education for families
- A stimulating learning and social atmosphere based on developmentally appropriate practices
To ensure a high quality child care program by:
- Committing to worthy wages and to staff growth and development
- Combining the Child Educational Center’s capabilities and resources with those of its community and sponsors
- Applying new techniques and concepts as they prove effective in the development of successful human beings
To contribute to a high quality of life for children beyond the Child Educational Center by:
- Providing a model for quality child care
- Sharing our acquired knowledge and experience with others
- Advancing research and development in early childhood education
- Child Ages:
- 2 months - 12 years
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- California Department of Social Services: Community Care Licensing Division - NAEYC Accredited
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Children per Teacher:
- Infant: 3/1, Toddler: 4/1, Pre k: 7/1, Afterschool: 10/1
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday Friday 6:45 a.m. 6:00 p.m.
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The first and foremost task that a child care program must perform is that of providing the quality of loving that is critical to a child’s well-being. This quality must permeate all aspects of the environment program and interactions with adults and other children. Because opinion regarding what constitutes loving behavior is broad the CEC has developed a description of what constitutes loving values and behavior:
- Acceptance of children as they are valuing their uniqueness.
- Nurturing and supporting children through physical contact and provision of positive verbal reinforcement while expressing forgiveness for actions which upset us.
- Facilitation of children’s self-understanding through provision of accurate non-judgmental feedback on their behavior.
- Maintenance of a secure environment through provision of clear consistent limits for behavior and by clear accurate explanations of behavior and events.
- Encouragement for children to develop self-sufficiency through taking responsibility for themselves their actions and their environment.
- Encouragement of clear communication verbal expression of feelings sensitivity to others’ needs and attunement with one’s own needs.
- Assisting children to perceive their world holistically recognizing the connection and interdependence among all things valuing uniqueness and diversity.
- Modeling of the foregoing ourselves in our interpersonal relations and encouragement to the children to do the same.
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