Enrollent and Orientation

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School Year Enrollment Requirements

parent enrolled in classes on campus or employed on campus during center hours of operation.
copy of parent's current class schedule
completed registration packet on file in The Children's Center
child's current immunization history
child's birth certificate
ages 3-5 and independent toileting skills
attend Parent Orientation

Fees:
Parents are required to contract services for any number of full or half days. Registrations are being accepted on a first come, first serve basis.

A fee brochure describing the fees, billing procedures and payment policies is available at the Children's Center.

A nonrefundable registration fee of $15.00 per child is due upon application.

A supply fee of $10.00 per child, per semester is due upon application

Registration

Stop by the Center to pick up a registration packet, or call 602- 787-7150 to request one by mail.

Open registration is held Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8:30-11am or by appointment. After the Center receives your completed registration packet and the fee contract is signed, you and your child will be scheduled to attend the next Parent and New Child Orientation.

Parent and New Child Orientation

Parent and New Child Orientation (Required)

Fridays by appointment

The purpose of the orientation is to provide parents with a relaxed 20 minute visit to the classroom where they may read the Parent Handbook and ask any questions they may have about The Children's Center Program.

Let's share 20 minutes

During this time your child will spend 20 minutes one on one with a member of the teaching staff exploring the classroom, getting their cubby space and having their picture taken.

Each child will also be given a developmental screening which will provide the teaching staff with guidance in planning the child's program.

The Children’s Center at PVCC

Supervision:
The Center Supervisor, Rosemary Hooper has a B.A in Elementary Education from the University of Arizona and a Masters in Early Childhood Education with a specialization in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University. She is an instructional leader to the community of learners who interact daily in the Children’s Center. Participants include Early Childhood and Education majors at PVCC, interns, work study students, staff, parents and enrolled children. Ms. Hooper collaborates regularly with the Early Childhood faculty on campus and is a member of the Early Childhood Education, Child and Family Studies teaching team, and serves on the PVCC Careers in Education Learning Connections Focus Group.

Staff:
The role of the staff at The Children’s Center is to prepare a developmentally appropriate environment, observe the development of the children and model a healthy disposition towards learning. Teacher-caregivers facilitate the learning process with the children as they explore and construct their own knowledge.

Project Work:
Curriculum emerges from the children’s thinking and reflecting as they move through the center experiences, constructing knowledge. Children investigate a topic or idea over a period of time (days, weeks or months), inquiring via hand’s on activities with natural materials. The children’s learning is made visible to the parents and public by documentation such as photographs of activities and narrative transcription of children’s remarks and discussions.

Early Childhood Developmental Screening:
With written parent permission, teaching staff conduct a screening of the pre kindergarten child’s development. Early Screening Inverntory (ESI.P) is the screening tool currently identified for use with preschool children, ages 3- 5 years. The results of the screening are shared with parents in a conference and are used for several purposes:

to assess the child’s growth during enrollment in the program,
to provide teacher’s with guidance in planning a child’s program and
to indicate area’s of the child’s development which should be watched closely.
In cases of concern, parents are referred to their local school district or their pediatrician for diagnostic screening.