Rockport Early Childhood Center
3301 Wooster Road
Rocky River, OH 44116

Phone: 440-331-9434
Fax: 440-331-3094

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Rockport UMC

Rockport Early Childhood Center

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INTRODUCTION

Rockport Early Childhood Center has been open since August 31, 1981. Our center has a long history of providing quality care and education to young children, ages six weeks to seven years. You can find us in beautiful Rocky River, Ohio on the rim of the Rocky River Valley.

PURPOSE & GOALS OF THE CENTER

Through the Center, Rockport United Methodist Church will serve the needs of the community by providing a daily child care center for children aged six weeks through seven years (first grade). The needs of each child will be served in a comprehensive early childhood program that provides learning experiences in all areas—physical, social, emotional, and cognitive. To fulfill our purpose, the following goals guide and direct our nurturing and teaching:

We will facilitate the growth of the child as a total person and enable the child to realize that he/she is special and unique. We will become a family-life learning community, which involves staff, children, parents, the church, and others who share concern for the growth of young children.

Because we honor families, we weave a fine fabric of security and acceptance
for the children in our care.

PHILOSOPHY HIGHLIGHTS

We value the trust placed in us by parents who choose Rockport. We believe in and are committed to the following:
     The environment we set up is consistent and nurturing. Our primary goal is to provide a safe, warm, secure, and loving place for your child.
     We use Ohio’s Infant & Toddler Guidelines (which consist of Physical Health, Emotional, Social, Motor, Language & Communication, and Cognitive Development) for our curriculum and the goals we establish. The years from birth to three set the stage for success in school and life.
     We use the State of Ohio’s Early Learning Content Standards (which consist of English, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies) and the Creative Curriculum for our curriculum and the goals we establish. Quality Preschool experience lays the foundation for Kindergarten readiness and success in life.
     We nurture the educational development of your child through reinforcing the basic skills being taught in Kindergarten and First grade classrooms.
     We are committed to building each child’s self-esteem and empowering them as individuals. We recognize and celebrate the rights of young children.
     With infants and toddlers, we encourage the beginning of pro-social skills in their relationship with other children and adults through sharing, taking turns, and respecting the rights and property of others.
     We believe in encouraging preschool and school age children to be involved in peaceful conflict resolution, through expressing their feelings and discussing positive alternatives to aggression. We encourage pro-social behaviors in children such as cooperating, taking turns, participating in clean-up times and recognizing the rights of others.
     We are committed to developing anti-bias attitudes and a respect and appreciation for all people. Through our curriculum and the materials/equipment we use, and the environment we create, we promote this learning.
     We strive to develop a respect and appreciation for the Earth’s resources and inhabitants.
     We see ourselves as a team with parents, always recognizing the primary, most important role you play in your child’s life. We would welcome and appreciate the opportunity to teach and care for your child.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Outdoor Playgrounds
Ages and Stages Questionnaire® Third Edition (ASQ-3™) Screening Tool for Birth to 5 years old
Indoor Gymnasium
Abundant green space
Nutritious lunches and snacks
Intergenerational experiences
Enrichment Opportunities
- Music For Life
- Rhythm Culture
- Soccer Shots
- Youth Fitness Program, Inc. (Gymnastics)
Staff Appreciation Week
Holiday Respite Care for Parents
Celebrations include:
- Preschool Graduation (** see letter from Director below)
- Tea Parties with Mom
- Doughnuts with Dad

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Dear Parents:

     Welcome to Pre-School Graduation – a “day of days” in the life of your child and in your lives as well.

     With Kindergarten right around the corner, you could easily find yourself pausing to reflect on the memories you hold in your heart – that first step, the first word, art on the refrigerator, listening to the ABC song (perhaps a hundred times). Words from the teacher may be echoing in your mind – “he was a great helper to me at clean up time”, “she was a wonderful friend today”. These bittersweet reflections are mixed with a sense of pride, but a realization of just how quickly these times pass. You come to understand that the milestones your child experiences really unfold in the day to day. It is indeed occasions like today that give us an opportunity to look back and celebrate.

     We celebrate with you who your child is and who they are becoming. This Peanuts cartoon, perhaps, speaks of your deepest wish (and our’s too) for your child – happiness. We all know that sometimes in life happiness must transcend outward circumstances. Happiness must be rooted in resiliency, respect for self and others, patience, gratefulness, courage, contentment, a sense of humor, connection to family and community, and integrity. These qualities we begin to learn early in life. We hope that we have planted the seeds of these qualities in your child and that they will offer lasting gifts – ultimately “outrageous happiness”.

     Milestones have a way of making us keenly aware of the blessings we have in our lives. Today is one such blessing. The significance, I am sure, will grow deeper still with the passage of time, and the milestones yet to come.

     You can rest in the knowledge that you have grounded your child in love, love that is deep and abiding. Love that lays the foundation for happiness now and in the future. Your child will always be a part of our Rockport family. Thank you for sharing them with us. Each of them will linger in our minds and hearts. May school and life be rich and full for them in all the ways that matter most.

Peace,
Miss Valerie, Director

Rockport is an educational child care facility with low pupil/teacher ratios and qualified, trained, and caring staff.

Hours of operation: 6:15 am - 6:15 pm
Mondays through Fridays
Located in and affiliated with the Rockport United Methodist Church
Nature setting; borders MetroParks with beautiful green space and outdoor playgrounds
Outdoor fun in all seasons! Snow angels, gardening, playgrounds, water play, and leaves all around!
Licensed by the State of Ohio
Step Up To Quality Two Star Rated
Administrator always on duty
Full or Part Time (two to five days a week)
Hot lunch and two snacks per day (we participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program)
Planned curriculum for all ages
- Infant/Toddler Guidelines
- Early Learning Content Standards
- Creative Curriculum
Small classes and individual attention for all children
A quality child care center since 1981

PROGRAMS

Infants
Infants from 6 weeks to 12 months old
1:4 ratio

Infants from 12 to 18 months old
1:4 ratio

Toddlers
Children 18 months to 2 years old
1:5 ratio

Children 24 to 30 months
1:6 ratio

Children from 30 months to 3 years old
1:7 ratio

Preschool
Children 3 years old
1:10 ratio

Children 4 to 5 years old
1:11 ratio

Kindergarten and First Grade Extension
For children attending Kindergarten or First Grade
1:14 ratio

Summer Camp Programs
Kindergarten through First Grade
1:14 ratio
Breakfast, Lunch, and Afternoon snack

We take pride in being awarded our Two-Star Rating in the Step up to Quality Rating System of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services as of January 9, 2012. Step Up To Quality recognizes early care and education programs that exceed quality benchmarks over and above minimum health and safety licensing standards. The goal of the program is to promote school readiness by improving the quality of early care and education for all children, while providing parents with an easy to use tool to assist them in selecting early childhood programs. For more information, please visit www.stepuptoquality.org, or read the Step Up To Quality General Information Brochure and the Step Up To Quality Parent Outreach Brochure.

We participate in the Ohio Early Childhood Professional Development Network, Ohio Early Learning Content Standards, and the Infant/Toddler Guidelines. We strive to educate and encourage our caring staff to learn and grow, as well as the children that we care for.

Ages and Stages Questionnaire® Third Edition (ASQ-3™) Screening Tool

As a Star Rated Step Up To Quality Center, we provide a screening and monitoring program to all children (except Kindergarteners and 1st Graders) enrolled in our program. The screening and monitoring program formally adopted by Rockport Early Childhood Center in August 2011 is the ASQ-3™. The ASQ-3™ stands for the Ages and Stages Questionnaire® Third Edition. The ASQ-3™ is a screening and monitoring program that assists teachers in assessing a child’s strengths and areas that might need additional encouragement. The ASQ-3™ reviews five developmental domains, which are communication, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, problem solving, and personal/social skills..

Your child will have their initial screening within 60 (sixty) days of enrollment, and additional screenings will occur when you child moves up to a new classroom. This screening tool empowers us to customize our teaching goals with your child. It also helps to recognize when a referral for further assessment might be needed. It guides you in making the best possible decisions for your child. All information and results are confidential and we will share the results of screenings via letter and/or scheduled Parent/Teacher Conferences. The ASQ-3™ offers us a “golden opportunity” to serve your child. It assures that we are doing our very best to prepare him/her for success in school and life. A permission slip is included with the Parent Handbook. Even if you do not wish your child to participate, we require that you return the Permission Slip with your Enrollment Packet on your child’s first day. Additionally, information about the ASQ-3™ is included in the Enrollment Packet/Parent Handbook.

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