CC: B-3 Program Description
- Offer our youngest children consistent, continuous skilled care in family style, mixed-age communities.
- Provide for infants and toddlers longer term relationships with nurturing primary caregivers in well-equipped classrooms.
- Help children develop better emotional control, sense of self and respect for other children, while creating a platform for future learning and academic success.
- Provide a buffer for children whose families may be less stable due to poverty, illness, job loss and/or frequent moves.
CC: B-3 Training and Mentoring
- Provide State-approved trainings for teachers to learn best practice for mixed-age groups of infants and toddlers.
- Include coaching for teachers where mentors observe classrooms, engage as active participants, discuss classroom strengths and challenges, and support teachers' profressional growth.
- Include mentoring/coaching for directors to assist program development and administrative functions.
- Assist centers in transforming programs from single-age groups to mixed-age groups of infants and toddlers.