Quality Counts with First 5 of California

We have been the recipients of a 6+ Quality Improvement Grants.  This grant supports sites to accomplish their quality improvement goals and best practices in the Early Childhood field.  By teaming up with a Quality Improvement Specialist, we focus on implementing improvements from health and safety, age appropriate curriculum and materials, as well as staff development. This allows us to continue to offer a quality program and to be considered a high rated Child Development Program in Early Care and Education.

Members of the NAEYC

The NAEYC is the “National Association of Education of Young Children” which is a professional organization that promotes high quality in early learning to childhood professionals   Membership includes having access to excellent resources and updates on State and National laws and regulations.  Training opportunities are offered as well as Early Learning Education materials and resources. Their goal is to work to “achieve a collective vision: that all young children thrive and learn in a society dedicated to ensuring they reach their full potential.” NAEYC

Each year we particiate in the Week Of the Young Child.  It’s a week of celebration for early childhood which include themed days, actvities and learning that celebrates children.

Partnering with Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District to develop an on sight Inclusion Preschool Program

We have been honored to partner with the Livermore Joint Unified School District (LJUSD) in a grant from Alameda County Office of Education to collaborate on an Inclusion Preschool Program. This program will help us implement inclusive preschool classrooms to help support children with special needs

ROP Program at Granada and Livermore High School

The ROP Program at the local high schools offer a Developmental Phsycology of Children class, where the students come to our campus and receive training and experience in a classroom setting. This training provides the high school students college units and hands on learning from our trained and qualified teachers to work towards a career in Early Childhood Education.

This program has been vaulable for us as well, we have been able to hire many students going through the program or who have graduated from the program.