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Mission Statement
We seek to provide high quality Early Education and Child Care to the community.
Our approach to child care and preschool education:
The cornerstones of our program include: - An integrated eclectic curriculum
- Small group size
- Family
and community involvement
- Emphasis on child health and nutrition
- Well trained, caring staff
We
offer preschool services in a number of different ways, based upon the needs of the family, the community, and the performance
standards established by the federal and state governments. Most of the children we serve attend classes in our centers
several times per week. They also receive home visits where the parent participates in instructing the child with the
guidance of the teacher. Our centers provide State and Federal certified transportation, nutrition, and health services. Each
classroom is led by a teacher and a classroom aide. Trained volunteers, interns and other adults also help to reduce
the adult-to-child ratio. Most activities are carried out with small groups or individual children so that plenty of
attention can be given to individual children's learning. Regularly scheduled home visits or parent conferences keep
the parents informed and help involve them and other family members in each child's developmental goals.
Throughout the day children work in small groups, in individual settings and with the rest of the class in supervised
activities. We feel your child will benefit from both the structured and non-structured learning.
Learning: Our curriculum places priority on a classroom and learning environment that is rich in writing, reading, listening
skills, and the use of language. The Ohio Department of Education Language Arts Curriculum provides the basis for our
planning.
Our sites are: - Licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
- Accredited by the National
Association for the Education of Young Children
- Star-Rated by the State of Ohio's Step Up to
Quality Program. Step Up to Quality is Ohio's voluntary quality rating system for Ohio Department
of Job and Family Services licensed child care programs. Step Up to Quality recognizes early care and education programs
that exceed quality benchmarks over and above Ohio's licensing standards.
Lawrence County
Early Childhood Academy serves as a lab site for Ohio University Southern and Collins Career Center students and has served
as the lead agency for the Southern Ohio Fatherhood Coalition.
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