GOOD NEWS!
We'd like to congratulate our new Enrollment Director, Danielle Spaid (pictured above)! Danielle has been our Bloom Road Site Supervisor for the past two years, where she received her Director's Certificate. Prior to that, Danielle taught at Columbia Child Development for several years. Danielle holds an Associates Degree in Child Development.
Welcome to Annie Chappel (pictured below), who will be taking on the role of Bloom Road Site Supervisor. Annie comes to us with many years of early childhood experience and holds a bachelor in early childhood/elementary education.
And FUN FACT: both Danielle and Annie are prior DCDC employees and we are thrilled to have them back, as well as the other five employees we have who have come back to the fold over the years!
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Another Year in the Books for DCDC!
In 1974, Nancy Vella and Kathleen Mulligan opened the doors to the Danville Day Care Center for Child Development with 6 children in a church basement. Nancy Vella was a nurse with an interest in working with young children with special needs. Kathleen had just finished her Masters in Education and was working as a speech therapist, who herself, had dealt with issues related to the lack of child care while she was earning her degrees. It is with this foundation, that DCDC was born.
Click the pic above for a special Happy Birthday Video!
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Recruitment Call for DCDC's Board of Directors
DCDC is the only non-profit child development agency in Montour County. Serving over 400 children annually, DCDC touches many parts of the greater Montour County area, providing services into Columbia and Northumberland Counties in early intervention and child care subsidy administration. Founded in 1974, DCDC has grown into a community resources for the area by providing more than just child care services.
DCDC is interested in expanding its Board of Directors, particularly in the area of community representation. If you might be interested, email Diana Verbeck for more information!
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Focus on Infant & Toddler Care & Early Education
Danville Child Development Centerâs Infant Program is designed to provide a warm, nurturing, and stimulating environment for our youngest learners. Our degreed and experienced teachers provide each child with opportunities for discovery and skill development, taking their cues from the childrenâs interests and individual progress.
Infant Program teachers are first-rate caregivers and early educators, recognizing that infants need plenty of snuggle time throughout the day. Parents are our teacherâs partners as we work to create a plan for each child that best fits their needs. Parental input is the vital link that allows us to adapt our program to better serve the children in our care. It is important to us that parents feel as welcome and comfortable in our program as their children do!
Toddlers are so busy growing and learning new skills! Our toddler classrooms are exciting places to be. The toddler teachers plan a variety of hands-on activities that encourage the childrenâs budding self-help skills and independence (âI can do it myself!â is a toddlerâs creed!). Our toddlers enjoy ample time to express themselves when participating in art activities, singing, dancing, building, and pretending in our many learning centers.
Teachers encourage toddlers´ new social awareness by modeling turn-taking and encouraging beginning attempts of toy sharing and cooperative play. Teachers work to create a bond with each child and family, as it is important for both the children and parents to feel a sense of belonging in their classroom.
To learn more about DCDC's NAEYC Accredited classrooms and educational programs, please contact Danielle Spaid.
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Why Quality Early Learning Matters |
The Pandemic Has Compounded the Turnover Problem in Early Childhood Education
Feb 9, 2021
For six years, Ernestina Fuentes had been building out her early childhood program, hiring trained staff, developing a model tailored to children with trauma and eventually earning a four-star quality rating from the state.
Fuentes, the founder and director of Herencia Guadalupana Lab Schools in Tucson, Ariz., had mostly avoided the high turnover rates that so often plague the early childhood sector. She found a steady staff of qualified teachers, many of whom had been with her program for years.
That consistency is important to any program for young children, but especially for hers, which primarily serves children who live in poverty and are, as Fuentes puts it, âwoundedââoften moving through the foster care system, carrying experiences of neglect and abuse.
Before the pandemic, Guadalupana had 14 employees, all of whom, Fuentes says, were dedicated to the programâs mission to transform the lives of children and send them into kindergarten âverbal, confident and brilliant.â But by the end of March 2020, sheâd lost nine staff members, all for reasons relating to threats or challenges created by COVID-19.
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