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Ten Years of Cooperation
It has been ten years
in the making. A collaboration of
staff, family, and community. And
now, we have earned accreditation from
the National Association for the
Education of Young Children (NAEYC)–
the nation’s leading organization of
early childhood professionals.
“We’re
proud to be accredited by NAEYC, and
recognized for our commitment to
reaching the highest professional
standards,” said Courtney Alexander,
Executive Director of Lakewood Preschool.
“NAEYC Accreditation lets families in
our community know that children in our
program are getting the best care and
early learning experiences.”
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Accreditation
means
To earn accreditation,
Lakewood Preschool had to comply with
national standards of quality that go
well beyond state health and safety
licensing requirements. The focus
is on the interactions between teachers
and children, and the quality of the
child’s experience. NAEYC-accredited
programs are committed to providing
high-quality educational services to
young children and their families.
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About NAEYC
More than 8,000 early childhood programs
– serving nearly three-quarters of a
million 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,
Lakewood Preschool Cooperative
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.”
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 prepare the system for the
future, and to ensure the integrity and
reliability of the process that programs
go through to earn NAEYC 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
observed by independent, professional
validators, and then reviewed by a
national panel. Programs are accredited
by NAEYC for a three-year period.
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