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The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences operates two
centers: the Early Learning Center on the Main Campus and the Child Care Center
on the Avon Williams Campus. The Child Care Center provides convenient,
dependable and professional child care for students, staff and faculty while
attending classes on the Avon Williams (downtown) Campus and the
main campus,
when feasible.
The program currently operates during the evening hours,
Monday through Thursday. Children three years of age and older are eligible for
enrollment. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $5 for first-time
enrollment. For the Main Campus, the child care fee is $80.00 per week. The fee
is per hour, per child, with a $.50 reduction per hour for the second and third
child. For the Downtown Campus the fee is $2.25 per hour for the 1st child and
$1.75 per hour for each additional child. There is a late pickup fee of $1.00
per minute.
Parents are billed monthly. The Early Learning Center,
located in the Frederick S. Humphries Consumer Sciences and Nursing Education
Complex, is based upon a strong commitment to quality education for children and
for the University students it serves. The philosophy of the program is derived
from a combination of the major theories of child development: Jean Piaget for
cognitive development; Erik Erikson and Burton White for social-emotional
development. The program is based on the assumption that preparation for
intelligent and independent thought begins in the preschool years, and practice
in productive thinking is necessary for that to occur.
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The program is also based upon the assumption
that children are unique individuals developing in stages at different rates.
The Center on the main campus is open Monday-Friday, during the school
sessions/semesters. Four methods of fee payments are available.
For
information about the programs, call
Department of Family and Consumer
Sciences
963-5601 (both centers)
or
(Avon Williams Campus Child
Care Center)963-7286
or
(Early Learning Center Main
Campus).
963-5591
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