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Contact Information:
USD Vucurevich Children's Center
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
phone: 605 677 6880
fax: 605 677 6880
child@usd.edu
Last Modified: 02/02/05
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OUR OBJECTIVES:
CHILDREN
- To provide an education program to meet the needs of each individual child with concern for his/her specific interests and talents.
- To create an environment that promotes discovery, divergent thinking, continual growth in abilities, and positive self-image.
- To provide opportunities for children to grow and develop through exploration and experimentation with various learning materials and activities.
- To provide a nurturing environment in which social competencies can be learned.
- To celebrate diversity.
- To foster cultural awareness.
PARENTS
- To promote open communication between families and caregivers.
- To cooperate with, and to assist parents in understanding the development of young children.
- To welcome parent involvement and interaction with children throughout the day.
- To provide written and verbal communication with parents regarding the social and academic progress of each individual child. Weekly newsletters, posted, and personal notes are designed to keep parents advised.
STUDENTS
- To support the personal and professional growth of USD students.
- To promote USD student involvement in the Center.
- To help USD students gain knowledge of children, of themselves in relation to children, and to move to a higher level of competency in working with young children.
TEACHING STAFF
- To provide teachers who are professionally qualified and/or have vast experience working with young children.
- To hire teachers who are experts at creating an optimum teaching environment.
- To establish trusting relationships among colleagues so that they can discuss, listen, encourage, offer advice, respect, and support each other in their endeavor to develop an effective personal teaching style.
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