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Darden Center
UPDATE
601 S 4th St Opelika AL, 36801
Contact Phone: (334) 821-8336
Website: http://www.achr.com/
Preschool Details: ACHR's Head Start program, a key part of the ACHR Child Development Program (ACHR-CDP), began in the summer of 1965. It is a comprehensive, quality program that includes educational, health, parent involvement and social services designed to prepare children ages 3-5 for entry into public school. Currently more than 400 children are served at the Frankie B. King Center in Auburn, the Darden Center in Opelika, and the Marian Wright Edelman Center in rural Russell County. Most classrooms consist of 18 children in a mixed age grouping, a teacher (with either a B.A. Degree in Family and Child Development, a B.A. Degree in Early Childhood Education, or an A.A. Degree in Child Development), and a teacher assistant who has or is working toward a two-year degree or a CDA. Starting in 2007, the ACHR-CDP has partnered with the Lee County Schools (LCS) to provide classrooms that serve children who have special needs along with typically developing children. The program has grown to five classrooms in two LCS schools. These classes usually have 12-16 children and three teachers and aides. All children in the partnership classrooms receive the full array of services that LCS and HS provide to their other children. Early Head Start is the newest part of the ACHR Child Development Program. The services for pregnant women, infants and toddlers are based at Darden and Edelman Centers. ACHR's EHS program began in 1998 with a unique combination of center-based and home-based models. The center-based model, which serves children in a multi-age grouping with one teacher and four children, is available to mothers who are working or in school. The home-based model is available to mothers who are at home with their children or who have alternate care arrangements for their babies and toddlers. In addition to visiting participants in their homes, Home Visitors sometimes work with pregnant teens and new teen mothers in the schools in Lee and Russell Counties.
Eligible Requirements: Head Start has income, county residency and age guidelines that we must follow. Because there are more eligible children than slots, the ACHR-CDP uses a points system to determine acceptance to the program. Ten percent of the children can be over the income limit, which makes us able to accept children with diagnosed special needs who otherwise might not be eligible. Applications will be accepted at any time, but are particularly encouraged in time for the beginning of the Head Start year.
Age Requirements: 0 to 5 years old
Darden Center
UPDATE
601 S 4th St Opelika AL, 36801
Contact Phone: (334) 821-8336
Website: http://www.achr.com/
Preschool Details: ACHR's Head Start program, a key part of the ACHR Child Development Program (ACHR-CDP), began in the summer of 1965. It is a comprehensive, quality program that includes educational, health, parent involvement and social services designed to prepare children ages 3-5 for entry into public school. Currently more than 400 children are served at the Frankie B. King Center in Auburn, the Darden Center in Opelika, and the Marian Wright Edelman Center in rural Russell County. Most classrooms consist of 18 children in a mixed age grouping, a teacher (with either a B.A. Degree in Family and Child Development, a B.A. Degree in Early Childhood Education, or an A.A. Degree in Child Development), and a teacher assistant who has or is working toward a two-year degree or a CDA. Starting in 2007, the ACHR-CDP has partnered with the Lee County Schools (LCS) to provide classrooms that serve children who have special needs along with typically developing children. The program has grown to five classrooms in two LCS schools. These classes usually have 12-16 children and three teachers and aides. All children in the partnership classrooms receive the full array of services that LCS and HS provide to their other children. Early Head Start is the newest part of the ACHR Child Development Program. The services for pregnant women, infants and toddlers are based at Darden and Edelman Centers. ACHR's EHS program began in 1998 with a unique combination of center-based and home-based models. The center-based model, which serves children in a multi-age grouping with one teacher and four children, is available to mothers who are working or in school. The home-based model is available to mothers who are at home with their children or who have alternate care arrangements for their babies and toddlers. In addition to visiting participants in their homes, Home Visitors sometimes work with pregnant teens and new teen mothers in the schools in Lee and Russell Counties.
Eligible Requirements: Head Start has income, county residency and age guidelines that we must follow. Because there are more eligible children than slots, the ACHR-CDP uses a points system to determine acceptance to the program. Ten percent of the children can be over the income limit, which makes us able to accept children with diagnosed special needs who otherwise might not be eligible. Applications will be accepted at any time, but are particularly encouraged in time for the beginning of the Head Start year.
Age Requirements: 0 to 5 years old