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FRIENDS LEARNING TOGETHER

PARENT RESOURCES

NEWSLETTER:

For a free copy of our Center Newsletter please send your request to:

Friends Learning Together

Fairview Child Development Center

235 Lestertown Road

Groton, CT 06340

Attn: Newsletter

QUALITY CHILD CARE CHECKLIST

One of the most important decisions you will make as a parent is choosing the best child care program for your family.  Use the checklist below to ask questions and to compare the programs you visit.

PROGRAM

  • Program provides a consistent routine that children can understand and follow

  • Indoor and outdoor environments are child-sized and designed for children of all abilities and needs

  • Program follows a positive approach to discipline

  • Children are encouraged to explore the environment and are provided choices between small group and large group activities

  • Field trips and enrichment activities are integrated into the program

  • Each child/family has a consistent group of primary teachers

  • The center has an open-door policy that welcomes parents and visitors at anytime throughout the day

  • Parents are encouraged to participate in program activities

  • There are opportunities for formal and informal communication (daily conversations, daily notes, bulletin boards, monthly newsletters, parent seminars, family events, semiannual parent-teacher conferences, and annual family satisfaction surveys)

  • There is an opportunity for parents to meet together as a group (parent committee)

  • There is a system in place that supports and guides children and parents into the program and into new classrooms within the center.

FACULTY

  • The director and teachers are open and responsive to your questions

  • Teachers interact with children in caring, respectful, and positive ways

  • Teachers are involved in continuing education and monthly training

  • Teachers have required training and certification in CPR, first aid, and infection control

  • There is an opportunity for formal communication through an annual faculty survey

  • Teacher-to-child ratios meet or exceed the state requirements

HEALTH AND SAFETY

  • There are stringent health care policies in place and in practice that include teachers and children washing their hands frequently throughout the day (before & after diaper changing/toileting, blowing noses, preparing food, eating snack/lunch, playing with sand/water table, and playing with playdough)

  • Surfaces are disinfected throughout the day and at closing

  • A health care administrator is consulted and resources accessed regularly

  • The center is professionally cleaned daily

  • Emergency procedures and evacuation routes established, posted, and practiced regularly

  • Indoor/outdoor environments are free from hazards and are checked for safety daily

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