As the Director of the JCC's Early Childhood Program I would like to comment on the fallacies in regards to our program. We are regulated by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. Our center is very clean. We have a maintenance team that goes through each of our 10 classrooms every night, sweeping and mopping. I require the staff to spray their classrooms with a bleach and water solutions regulated by the state of New York every night. Our toys that are mouthed are put into the sink to be disinfected, dried and reintroduced. All of our toys are soaked in a bleach and water solution weekly, which is again regulated by New York State. My teachers take great pride in their classrooms and how they look. As far as the qualifications of the staff, New York State has regulations for that as well that we follow rigidly. All lead teachers have to have at least 9 college credits in Early Childhood/related field. Many of lead teachers have Associates and/or Bachelor's Degrees in Early Childhood and/or Education. New York State requires Assistant Teachers to have a high school diploma. Many of my Assistant Teachers have Associates degrees, Bachelor's degrees or their CDA which is an equivalent to an Associates Degree specifically in Early Childhood. I do encourage all staff to earn a degree as I myself value education.
Every family is treated equally at the center. As far as fundraisers go, yes we do fundraisers on a semi-bi-monthly basis, as all preschools/schools do.
I would not rate this however you must give a rating. We do currently have a waiting list in many of our classrooms. I do encourage prospective families looking for child care to come in and tour the center for themselves.
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