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Edison State Community College
Edison Child Development Center NAEYC
Accredited
Edison State Community College’s Child Development Center has once
again been granted accreditation from the National Association for the
Education of Young Children (NAEYC). NAEYC granted five-year approval
to the center on April 24, 2019.
“We’re very proud to have earned the mark of quality from NAEYC and to
be recognized for our commitment to reaching the highest professional
standards,” said Holly Ovenshire, Child Development Center Director.
To obtain reaccreditation, the Edison State Child Development Center
went through an extensive self-assessment process measuring the program
and its services against the ten NAEYC Program Standards as well as
hundreds of related Accreditation Criteria. The Center received NAEYC
Accreditation after an on-site visit by NAEYC Assessors to ensure that
it met each of the ten program standards.
“For the past year, the Edison Child Development Center staff and
administration have worked diligently to compile evidence to show how
the program meets the standards set forth by the NAEYC,” said Holly
Ovenshire, Child Development Center Director.
The center met all ten research-based Program Standards with high
commendations. The standards include, relationships, curriculum,
teaching, assessment, health, teachers, families, community
relationships, and leadership and management. Receiving such high
commendations from the National Association speaks volumes about the
education children are garnering from the Center.
Sustaining accreditation from the NAEYC is an ongoing process. During
the five-year accreditation period, the Center will be required to make
annual reports documenting that they have maintained compliance with
the program standards.
Edison State’s Child Development Center is a developmental program of
care and education for children ages three to ten years. The program is
open to the children of local communities as well as to children of
Edison students, faculty and staff. The goal is to provide engaging and
developmentally appropriate activities that promote the social,
emotional, physical, cognitive and creative growth of children. The
program observes staff/child ratios of one teacher for every eight
children.
Since 1985, NAEYC has offered a national, voluntary accreditation
system to set professional standards for early childhood education
programs, and to help families identify high-quality programs. Today,
NAEYC Accreditation represents the mark of quality in early childhood
education. These programs provide high quality care and education
to nearly one million young children in the United States, its
territories, and programs affiliated with the United States Department
of Defense.
In the 30 years since NAEYC Accreditation was established, it has
become a widely recognized sign of high-quality early childhood
education. More than 7,000 programs are currently accredited by
NAEYC—less than 10 percent of all child care centers, preschools, and
kindergartens nationally achieve this recognition.
“NAEYC-Accredited programs bring our definitions of excellence for
early childhood education to life each day,” said Kristen Johnson,
senior director of Early Learning Program Accreditation at NAEYC.
“Earning NAEYC Accreditation makes Edison State’s Child Development
Center an exemplar of good practice for families and the entire
community.”
For more information about Edison State’s Child Development Center,
visit www.edisonohio.edu.
For information about the NAEYC Accreditation, visit www.naeyc.org.
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