Show Child Care at Ceville Bailey Contributing Writer I I I A A lot of students arent aren't aV are of the many services es and accommodations offered at Salt Lake Com- Com College College- namely the childcare program The Eccles Early Child- Child h od Development Lab School at the Taylors- Taylors Redwood vule-Redwood campus provides childcare for forfa fa faculty staff students and andt t the general public Children Children Chil Chil- dren aren ages 2 to years old are are e eligible to participate The childcare program is open Monday thru Friday and has both a ad aday aday d day ay and night program I The day program runs fr from m am a.m. to p pin pm p.m. hi The night program program pro pro- g gram am runs from nm m 1 tr tn to 1000 n m m p kV V 1 p The childcare services cost 3 per hour per child Children hildren attending the be day program are grouped by age in separ separate separate sepa sepa- r rate te classrooms The based age-based classrooms have activities that appeal appeal appeal ap ap- peal to the appropriate l learning arning development of the h specific age group I Its not just drop your kids lads off and were we're going going going go go- ing to watch them says Kristin Miller Hommel-Miller Manager of the Eccles E Early Childhood Development Development De De- Lab School The rhe teachers at the childcare facility design interactive learning cen feted activities to enhance ie learning ing development The philosophy is re really really really re- re ally a play-based play model So in in the year old program program program pro pro- gram or year old program program program pro pro- gram you are going to see seethe seethe seethe the children select their activities says Hom Hom- mel The teachers h have ve designed the activities activities activities ties to bring forth a certain certain certain tain amount of learning The rhe year old room qualifies as a school pre-school program The curriculum and activities executed in the year old room follow the guidelines set forth by the State Office of Education for children children children chil chil- dren of school pre-school age The Eccles Early Childhood Development Develop Develop- ment Lab School follows follows follows fol fol- lows the State Office of Education guidelines for to teacher-to-child ratio The evening childcare program is a bit different from the day program The evening childcare program does not group children based on age Due to the low volume of children and parents utilizing the evening service service service ser ser- vice children of all ages share the same classroom I think think- especially during the day we are really utilized But the evening care is not utilized utilized utilized uti uti- because I dont don't know if a lot of people people people peo peo- kno know v about it yet says Hommel Another difference between between between be be- tween the day and night program is its availability ity to the general public Unlike the day program children attending the evening program must be be- long to parents enrolled in night classes at Salt Lake Community College The night program requires a commitment commitment commitment commit commit- ment of 3 hours per week The day program does not have a minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum hour requirement While the evening program is open for new enrollees the day program fills up quick I Parents Parents' interested in the day program may be wait We fill up fast this time of year for the day program We already have people signing up for fall of 2010 to make sure their child gets a aspot aspot aspot spot says Hommel Hommel- Community Childcare Continued on A 14 Community ChildCare Continued from A All 11 Miller Come August 26 well we'll have a rush of parents We are normally normally normally nor nor- mally filled up by then The Childcare Center Center Center Cen Cen- ter has both teachers and assistant teachers All of our lead teachers teach teath- ers have AS degrees degree A Alot Alot Alot lot of them have come come com through the Community College through th the training program that we have here Assistant t teachers are all working toward that AS degree says Hommel The lead teachers have AS degrees in ei either either ther Pre-Education Pre or and/or Family Studies Studies' Interested parents will need to complete an en enrollment enrollment en enrollment en- en form The d days ys and times childcare is needed will be be deter defer determined mined upon enrollment Parents will sign a con contract c contract con con- n tract agreeing to fulfill fulfill- the financial terms based on the hours and days of need Parents can pay for the entire semester in fullor full fullor or enroll in a month 4 in installment payment plan Eccles Early Earh Childhood Child Child- hood Development Lab Ol |