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Parents Group - Child Day Care Council DBA: CareyTown Preschool and Child Care Center is an incorporated, nonprofit 501c3 agency licensed by the Ohio Department of Human Services. Our daycare center provides a safe, secure environment where children of all races and faiths are encouraged to learn and grow. We recognize that it is necessary for parents to work outside the home and that children spend long hours at our center. Therefore, it is our goal to provide a home-like atmosphere by providing a nurturing environment to help the children realize their full potential and accept limits. We offer licensed preschool, afterschool, and summer programming to our families, where we follow state standards and guidelines to help support our students educationally, The care, safety, and education of your child is our priority. We have developed the following philosophy and goals for best practices and the support of our families.

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History

The agency was founded in April 1972 and was originally known as Carey Street Daycare, which was housed in the old Masonic Temple on Carey Street, in Zanesville, Ohio. In 2005, after many years of planning and prayer, Carey Street Daycare Board members, in collaboration with Zanesville Metropolitan Housing (ZMHA), built a new day care facility on Pershing Road. The purpose of having a facility in this area was not only to be more visible in the community, but to provide services to people from all demographics and backgrounds.

 

CareyTown Philosophy and Goals:

The effectiveness and efficiency of agency operations are reflected in the common understanding and commitment of the Board of Directors, Executive Director, and staff to the goals, policies, and practices of CareyTown Preschool and Child Care Center (CareyTown). The following goals, guidelines, and policies clarify the role and responsibilities of the stakeholders to provide ultimate services for the welfare of the children served.

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We must remember that we are entrusted with the care of very young children. What we say, what we do, the emotions and attitudes we exhibit, profoundly influence these children. The most important factor, contributing to the development of these children, is that they will learn to do what we do, and not what we say they should do. Their attitude will be reflective of the general attitude that we all have.

 

Good practices, like those embodied in operational code guidelines, enable the agency to provide the best possible service to the community through a responsive administration and a responsible, resourceful staff. As such, our program has the following goals and policies:

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To help children to realize their potentials, we strive….

 

1. To provide opportunities for children to develop confidence in

     themselves through: 

• Experiences in social relationships.

• Learning motor and manipulatory skills.

• Developing appropriate behaviors and finding acceptable outlets for emotions,    learning to cope with fear, anger, and guilt; learning self-control and restraint.

• Learning happy qualities such as fun, humor, and optimism

• Offering stimulating experiences that encourage them to think.

​2. ​To encourage sharing and cooperating with peers and to develop

      respect for property rights.

3. To encourage children themselves through materials, movement,

     and language, by providing these experiences daily.

4. To stimulate language development through hearing, understanding,

     and expressing feelings, wants, ideas, and needs.

5. To encourage cognitive learning by providing a variety of experiences,

     both teacher-directed and child-directed, that allows for concept

     formation, self-understanding, enhancing the child’s self-esteem,

     creativity, and imagination.

 

We believe that what a child learns during the preschool years greatly influences later adjustment and attitudes. As a result, our program is planned to provide a necessary balance between:

 

1.    Quiet and active experiences

2.    Large and small muscle control 

3.    Indoor and outdoor play

4.    Free-play and adult-directed activities

5.    Individual play and group participation

 

Free play includes choosing to participate in creative arts, block-building, trucks, social-dramatic play, or manipulative table activities. In addition, routines such as toileting, snack time, lunch, and nap-time are included daily.

 

The atmosphere of the room is based on a loving concern for each individual child with established limits and on using positive words and actions to guide the growth in self-respect for others’ rights and respect for property.

 

The Board of Directors of CareyTown Preschool and Child Care Center has adopted this personnel policy manual as a guide for employees to further the mission and goals of the organization. We extend to you our best wishes for success as a member of the CareyTown team.

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