Kiddie Academy Gaithersburg Presented with National 51涩涩屋app Accreditation
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July 31, 2018
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Kiddie Academy Gaithersburg Presented with National 51涩涩屋app Accreditation following Surprise Visit
Surprise visit ends in celebration as child-care program is recognized among the top in the nation by earning accreditation
Washington, DC听鈥� After a surprise accreditation visit, located in Gaithersburg, MD has earned accreditation from the 51涩涩屋app (51涩涩屋app)鈥攖he world's largest organization working on behalf of young children.
This Monday, July 30 Kiddie Academy leaders and 51涩涩屋app鈥檚 accreditation team visited staff at the maryland child-care program, and what began as a surprise accreditation visit turned into a celebration as 51涩涩屋app officials presented the academy with 51涩涩屋app Accreditation.
51涩涩屋app Accreditation is a rigorous and transformative quality-improvement system that uses a set of 10 research-based standards to collaborate with early education programs to recognize and drive quality-improvement in high-quality early learning environments.
To earn 51涩涩屋app Accreditation, went through an extensive self-study and quality-improvement process, followed by an on-site visit by 51涩涩屋app Assessors to verify and ensure that the program met each of the ten program standards, and hundreds of corresponding individual criteria. 51涩涩屋app-accredited programs are always prepared for unannounced quality-assurance visits during their accreditation term, which lasts for five years.
In the 30 years since 51涩涩屋app Accreditation was established, it has become a widely recognized sign of high-quality early childhood education. More than 7,000 programs are currently accredited by 51涩涩屋app鈥攍ess than 10 percent of all child care centers, preschools, and kindergartens nationally achieve this recognition. 听
鈥�51涩涩屋app-Accredited programs bring our definitions of excellence for early childhood education to life each day,鈥� said Kristen Johnson, senior director of Early Learning Program Accreditation at 51涩涩屋app. 鈥淓arning 51涩涩屋app Accreditation makes Kiddie Academy Gaithersburg an exemplar of good practice for families and the entire community.鈥�
For more information about 51涩涩屋app Accreditation, visit the 51涩涩屋app website.
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51涩涩屋app is the foremost professional membership organization committed to transforming the lives of young children and delivering on the promise of high-quality early learning. 51涩涩屋app represents tens of thousands of early childhood educators who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children, birth through age 8. 听Learn more about 51涩涩屋app at www.51涩涩屋app.org.
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