Accreditation

 

WE ARE CURRENTLY THE ONLY NATIONALLY ACCREDITATED PUBLIC PRESCHOOL ON THE NORTH SHORE OF KAUAI!!!

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (NAEYC)

 

All NAEYC Accredited programs must:

-Promote positive relationships for all children and adults to encourage each child's sense of individual worth.
-Implement a curriculum that fosters all areas of child development: cognitive, emotional, language, physical and social.
-Use developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate and effective teaching approaches.
-Provide ongoing assessments of a child's learning and development and communicate the child's progress to the family.
-Promote the nutrition and health of children and protect children and staff from illness and injury.
-Employ and support a teaching staff that has the educational qualifications, knowledge, and professional commitment necessary to promote children's learning and development and to support families' diverse interests and needs.
-Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with each child's family.
-Establish relationships with and use the resources of the community to support achievement of program goals.
-Provide a safe and healthy physical environment.
-Implement strong personnel, fiscal, and program management policies so that all children, families, and staff have high-quality experiences.

**NAEYC Accreditation is awarded for five years. During that period, we submit annual reports documenting that we are maintaining compliance with the NAEYC program standards. We are also subject to unannounced visits by skilled and reliable NAEYC program assessors to ensure that we continue to meet standards.