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About Campus View Child Care Center

Mission Statement

The goal of Campus View Child Care Center is to promote the children’s healthy emotional, social, physical, and cognitive growth and development by providing a child-centered, active learning environment characterized by highly qualified teachers, low group size, and developmentally focused classrooms. Campus View Child Care Center is a model site for professional development and research for faculty, students, and practitioners.

Weekly Rates

Effective July 1, 2024:

Infants$367
Toddlers$342
Two Year Olds$315

Rates are subject to change.

Educational Philosophy

The educational philosophy at Campus View Child Care Center (CVCCC) is child-centered and developmentally based, which is founded on the knowledge that young children learn through their direct interactions with their environment and the people within it. The Indiana Early Learning Foundations[1] serves as a tool to illustrate how the CVCCC curriculum meets academic standards and reflects our belief that the whole child must be considered to support all aspects of development.  Experiences relevant to children’s daily lives, including exploring the natural world, are used to enhance daily learning.  A large part of the day is comprised of free choice time where the children explore the classroom and the materials within it.

Through an emergent curriculum, our teachers observe, document and plan an environment that is safe, challenging, and supportive of individual and group development following a variety of pedagogical influences.  Children are given choices and provided with opportunities to join with others in play and work.  They have time to play, think, relax, and observe while in a protective, safe environment under the watchful eyes of professional educators.  A key element in curriculum planning is our commitment to relationship-based care.  Relationship-based care affords teachers long-term knowledge of each child’s individual development, which guides the planning of current and future learning opportunities.

The curriculum that results from this philosophy is open-ended and based on the children’s choices.  Therefore, the curriculum is dynamic in that it changes with the interests, needs, and development of the children.

1 Indiana Department of Education. (2015, August 12). Indiana Early Learning Foundations: Indiana's Early Learning Development Framework Aligned to the 2014 Indiana Academic Standards. Retrieved January 5, 2022, from https://www.in.gov/doe/files/foundations-2015-august-12.pdf

Continuity of Care

Continuity of Care is practiced within Campus View Child Care Center, meaning teachers and children remain together throughout a child’s experience in our program. This practice supports the formation of close, nurturing relationships between caregivers, young children, and their families.

History

1990

The Center opens with a 1-year-olds class and a 2-year-olds class.

1998

The Center is expanded to include an infant room and a mixed-age preschool classroom.

2009

The Campus View preschool class merges with the Hoosier Courts preschool in order to take advantage of larger classrooms with adjoining playgrounds. This partnership increases the number of toddler/twos spaces available at Campus View.