For the community program review, I choose to review a local child care center in my hometown of Orange, New Jersey. This child care center is run by Ms. Ester Laurent and her assistant director Ms. Monica Saenz. However, the building and center is owned by Ms. Laurent and her sister. Ms. Laurent hold a Bachelors of Arts in Education, as well as state certification in early childhood. Ms. Laurent and her employees have a good relationship with each others, though some more than others. They are ready and willing to work from the moment they walk in the door to the moment they leave, again they are some who are more willing than others. The Laisey academy is part of a state certified program that caters to families who are part of state funded programs, by in which they provide assistance to low-income families who need child care due to work, work-related training and/or attending school. Although it is state funded, there are parents who pay for child care at the center out of their pockets or a combination of both. However, even though is a state funded program the employees are not paid by the state, but by the owner of the center.
The purpose and function of the center is to provide child care assistant and service to those that live in the neighborhood, aswell as those who are being helped by the government. They provide child care to children between the ages of three months to four and a half years hold during the hours of six am to six pm. They also serve as an after care academy to children between the ages of five to thirteen years hold. Where they have the permission from parent to walk their children from their school to the location of the academy. They are responsible to provide the children with a healthy snack ...
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...ey Academy is a great child care center that is fits the basic need of the children who attend and beyond. From learning different languages, to healthy meals and learning to help each other. Each and every child that walk through their doors are treated with the care and affection that they deserve. What impressed me the most was an event that occurred on the last day I was there. Earlier that week the children were learning how to sing different nursery rhymes in different languages, and when one little girl began to repeat the song in french on the morning of my last day, all of the children were able to repeat and sing the rhyme without any adult help. This was not only impressive because the children were able to repeat a song that they learned just four days ago, but also because the center always makes sure to embrace their students cultures in different ways.
Care, N. R. (2002). Licensing and Public Regulation of Early Childhood Programs. Retrieved May 17, 2010, from uchsc.edu: http://nrc.uchsc.edu/CFOC/HTMLVersion/Appendix_AA.html
There is a problem in Texas impacting children’s futures; many childcare centers and homes are not providing children with quality care. In an article about cost and quality in Texas childcare, child development experts Susan Eitel and Joyce Nuner quote a study stating “that [nationally] only 10% of infants and toddlers are in high quality [childcare] programs” (34). The term ratio describes the number of children one caregiver is watching. This number is one of the major factors in the quality of a childcare program. Organizations such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children know as NAEYC release recommendations regarding ratios and accredit programs based on their compliance. Childcare centers and homes must comply with certain minimum standards enforced by Texas regarding ratios; however, these standards often set the bar lower than recommendations made by these early childhood experts. The current standards in Texas do not ensure that all young children receive quality care; for this reason, the Texas Department of Family Protective Services should strengthen the minimum standards regarding ratios to better regulate the quality of care children receive.
As shown in the situation above, there is a great deal of stress and money that comes along with sending your child to daycare. At Needham Heights KinderCare, in Massachusetts, where Ms. Couchon is the director, parents walk in to soothing classical music in the reception area. They are even encouraged to take a few minutes to relax, knowing how stressed they are. There are phone calls that are made during her lunch hour for paren...
The Child Development Center of College of San Mateo provides early care and educational programs for children between the ages of 3 to 5 years old. Children are divided into classrooms with a “master” teacher, a “regular” teacher, and two or three “associate” teachers. Klara attended Classroom, “A,” a stimulating and well-resourced classroom. Klara was observed for two hours on Monday from 9 am to 11 am and for two hours on Wednesday from 9 am to 11 am. During these two hours, classroom activities consisted of “free time,” “story time,” and an outside “play time.” A “master” teacher, a “regular” teacher, and two “associate” teachers were present during observations. Additionally, a total of eighteen children were in attendance during the observed days.
For my psychology interview assignment, I had the privilege of interviewing Elaine, who is the Director of Preschool X, which is an educational institution. She reports that she has been in this position for 13 years since its inception. Elaine is a close friend of my aunt, which was how I was able to meet her. She explained that her responsibilities include; the hiring of all personnel related to the school, submission of criminal background checks, the medical reports for all staff and children must be current, and also developed a curriculum for the teachers to execute. She has parent meetings and she deals with parents on a daily basis. For any arising issues, Elaine conferences with parents at least once or twice a week. Have weekly staff meetings regarding the curriculum. She also plays the role as the educational event coordinator, where she would “invite people from the dinosaur museum or alley pond park to come over to her preschool, to enrich the children”.
I observed at St. Eve’s Learning Center location in their preschool room. The center has a naturalistic feel to the environment and all of the staff is friendly and welcoming. The classroom displayed best practices, modern theories and research, and followed expected standards set by their accreditations.
Alison has a Financial and management background having spent sixteen years at BNYMellon. During her tenure at BNYMellon, Alison worked on many business projects that helped yield yearly revenue that were millions of dollars. In addition, Alison taught at the Timehri Primary School in Guyana South America. Alison's partner is Shelly Dewsbury who has a Home Health Aide background. She presently works at Personal touch where she is the Human Resources Manager. Essentially, It’s our intention to start with a staff of four and once we are up and running, we will be able to hire additional staff the state mandates that for every ten children in your daycare you need one daycare
The child I chose to write about for this assignment is two year old Danjuma from Wayne, Ohio. He is the youngest of three children and attends an Early Head Start Program two days a week. The child’s parents have jobs; when the mother is working her sister takes care of Danjuma. The family has financial problems but don’t qualify for any type of public assistance.
However, age being a factor, I was not able to help out as much as I hoped to but I gained the knowledge of how a child’s development and education is fundamental especially during their early childhood. As a first generation immigrant, I realize that unfortunately not everyone has access to adequate childcare services. While growing up I took care of my nephew and nieces during all my spring and summer school breaks because my sister could not afford childcare cost. During these years I came to the realization of how impactful my dedication and time to them were and recognized the true significance of education. I believe that children need to be educated in a healthy, supportive, and creative
Our facility just started acquiring custodial workers and utilizing them. This was very new to me and everybody on staff. This was a good addition but also a challenging one, I was determined to come up with a solution. This solution would we the building blocks for the current custodial workers as well as the incoming custodial workers.
I currently work at Melrose Park Elementary School in Lake City, Florida. Melrose Park is a very unique school. Melrose Park severs over 567 students from Pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. Minority enrollment is 56% of the student body, majority black, which is less than the state of Florida average of 61%. The Student population has declined by 5% over five years. The teacher population has declined by 7% over five years. Over 75% of the student body qualifies for free lunch and come from low economic families. Melrose Park Elementary is currently a “B” school and is funded mostly by Title I, Title IV and School Improvement Grants.
The purpose of this research study was to investigate early childcare staff job satisfaction in order to see if there was a relationship between individual wages and job satisfaction, job commitment, and program quality. In Chapter II researcher reviewed various themes pertaining to early childcare staff job satisfaction. In chapter III the researcher delineated the research process that derived results and conclusions based on survey data. The chapter discussed the overall study design, data collection, and data analysis activities used to collect data to answer research questions. The chapter furthermore highlighted the limitations of this study. The research questions that were answered are listed below:
The National Quality guide outline seven areas for improving services. The areas identified are; educational program and practice; children’s health and safety; physical environment; staffing arrangements; relationships with children; collaborative partnerships with families and communities and leadership and service management. (Guide to the National Quality Framework, 2013). The analysis will include a summary of the video, an assessment, a critical evaluation, outlining the approach used and finally, determining the extent to which the nursery initiated changes in the environment.
One of the biggest special needs of the population being served would be the financial support and funding. Although this this ties in with economic reasons as well it is still a need of the lower class demographic families. These schools don...
... care for physical well-being of the child, there are substantial benefits of high quality child care. It benefits children’s learning, improves their confidence and peer relationships, and can help to break cycles of poverty (Coley, 2006). However, for several reasons many children are in care that is poor or mediocre quality. One of the reasons is affordability. High quality child care is costly and parents with limited income cannot afford to pay the market price for high quality care arrangements. Other reason is that parents' decision-making is constrained by the supply of care available (Waldfogel, 2002). The availability of more flexible childcare can be expected to improve both child well-being and child development, and make it easier for mothers to build the job tenure necessary for promotion to better paying standard hours jobs (Kimmel & Powell, 2006).