Our Qualifications
The Center participates in the state-wide Keystone STARS initiative, a program targeted on improving the quality of child care centers throughout the Commonwealth. Our Center continues to maintain the STAR 2 rating earned in the summer of 2005. For 2008 we are again rated as a STAR 2 center, which is a huge accomplishment.
What Does It Mean?
View STARS' video spot.
STARS stands for
- S for Standards
- T for Training/Professional Development
- A for Assistance
- R for Resources
- S for Support
Find out more about Keystone STARS at their website. Or read (download a pdf) the brochure or el folleto.
What We Do
- Director and staff receive annual professional development and training.
- One third of the staff has completed or are in the process of completing credentials or degrees.
- Learning materials such as books, blocks, puzzles, music and art supplies are readily available.
- The facility has a budget and provides at least one benefit to staff.
- Some involvement of parents in the program
- The Center maintains a plan to address needs found in a standardized self-assessment.
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