The center shall:
- “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 the 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 goals.”
- “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.”
Reference: NAEYC family site
