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Cozy Corner Accredited by NAEYC
National
Movement to Improve Early Childhood
Education
Kimball,
February 28, 2006 - Cozy Corner has earned accreditation from the
National
Association for the Education of Young Children - the nation's leading
organization of
early childhood professionals.
“We’re proud to be accredited by NEAYC, and recognized for
our commitment to reaching the highest professional standards," said Chris
VanBuskirk owner and Director of Cozy Corner. "NAEYC Accreditation
lets families in our community know that children in our program are getting
the best care and early learning experiences." Cozy
Comer has been meeting the quality our families expect since May 1999 and
our highly trained teachers are committed to bringing the children
excellence in early childhood
education. We pride ourselves on a nurturing environment that sets the
educational goals
in a way that all children will be successful in learning developmentally
appropriate
skills.
More than 11,000 early childhood programs - serving over one
million young children -are
currently accredited by NAEYC. "In recent years, we've seen a growing number
of
child care and preschool programs earning NAEYC Accreditation," said Mark
Ginsberg,
Ph.D., executive director of NAEYC. "By earning accreditation, Cozy Corner
has
become a leader in a national effort to raise the quality of early childhood
education, and
to help give all children a better start." Cozy Corner is among only a
select few to achieve NAEYC accreditation in St. Clair County and is looking
to improve the level of early
childhood education for children in the Port Huron
area.
Responding to the growth of the system, in 1999 the NAEYC
Governing Board appointed
a National Commission on Accreditation Reinvention to conduct a
comprehensive review of NAEYC's Accreditation system. Building on their
work, NAEYC is making many
changes to increase the reliability and accountability of the
accreditation system and promote higher program quality. In April 2005, the
NAEYC Governing Board approved Early Childhood Program Standards and
Accreditation Criteria, which will be used in the future to assess whether
programs receive accreditation.
NAEYC created its accreditation program in 1985 to set
professional standards for early
childhood education, and
to help families identify high-quality child care and early
education programs. To
earn NAEYC's accreditation, a program conducts a self-study to determine how
well it meets the standards. After necessary improvements are made, the
program is
observer by independent, professional validators, and then reviewed by a
national panel.
Programs are accredited by NAEYC for a five-year period, with an annual
report each year
and randomly unannounced visit by validators.
www.naeyc.org
www.rightchioceforkids.org
National Association
for the Education of Young Children
Academy for Early
Childhood Program Accreditation
1509 16th
Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 =1426
202-232-8777
800-424-2460
For more information
contact:
Chris VanBuskirk -Owner/
Director
Cozy Corner Child Care
Center
4819LapeerSuiteE
Kimball, Michigan 48074
(810)984-8440
Cozycornerchildcare.com |
