NAEYC Accreditation
St. Paul's Child Development Center is proud to be accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). By choosing an NAEYC Accredited program, you're joining a program that has demonstrated its commitment to excellence in early childhood education. NAEYC Accredited programs must:
- Promote positive relationships for all children and adults to encourage each child's sense of individual worth
- Implement a curriculum that fosters all areas of child development: cognitive, emotional, language, physical, and social Use developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate and effective teaching approaches
- Provide ongoing assessments of each child's learning and development and communicate the child's progress to his or her family
- Promote the nutrition and health of children and protect children and staff from illness and injury
- Employ and support a teaching staff that has the educational qualifications, knowledge, and professional commitment necessary to promote children's learning and development and to support families' diverse interests and needs
- Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with each child's family
- Establish relationships with, and use the resources of the community to support achievement of program goal
- Provide a safe and healthy physical environment
- Implement strong personnel, fiscal, and program management policies so that all children, families, and staff have high-quality experiences.
The Criteria can be found on NAEYC's wesite at www.naeyc.org/accreditation
