Overview:
McGuire Child Development Center is a ministry of McGuire Methodist Church. We are a Class A , state-licensed (License #13230), non-profit childcare center with a maximum capacity of 94 children. Our policies are in practice for the protection and well being of all the children in the center.
Director: Whitney Cheek Phone: 318-396-6290 Email: [email protected] Address: 2075 Arkansas Road West Monroe, LA 71291 Hours: Monday – Friday 7:10 AM – 5:30 PM Ages: 6 weeks to 11 years of age Our center offers the following educational opportunities: • Introduction of appropriate materials and assistance to children in the areas of art, fine motor skills, science/nature, math, language/books, dramatic play, music, gross motor skills, and cultural diversity. • Enrichment of the learning experience with field trips to interesting places. • Promotion of the practice of good health, cleanliness, and appropriate social attitudes. • Learning to take turns, plan, play, and work well with others. 
WHAT IS OPENetwork?
OPENetwork stands for Ouachita Parish Early Childhood Network. OPENetwork’s goal is to make high quality early care and education available to all children in Ouachita Parish and that all children will enter kindergarten healthy and ready for success. OPENetwork will also work to help families to make the best choices for their child’s early care and education and to be involved in supporting their child’s early development. In 2012, the Louisiana legislature passed Act 3, the Early Childhood Act. Act 3 requires BESE (the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education) to create a unified system to manage all publicly funded early childhood programs. To begin this process, the Louisiana Department of Education selected communities around the state to become “Early Childhood Network Pilots.” Ouachita Parish was one of 13 communities selected to become a pilot in the first round. |
Mission:The McGuire Methodist Child Development Center is dedicated to quality care for all children regardless of race, nationality, religious preference, abilities, or economic status. Standards of care shall be based on the Christian principles of compassion, love, and acceptance, so that all children will have the opportunity to develop socially, emotionally, and intellectually to their fullest potential.
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All publicly funded early childhood programs must comply with Act 3. These programs include: public school programs (LA 4, 8g, Title I), special education programs, Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), Head Start, Early Head Start, Early Steps, and the Nonpublic School Early Childhood Development (NSECD) program.
Program Partners in the OPENetwork include:
· 26 Class A licensed child care centers-Carol’s Kids Daycare, Child’s Play II, Claiborne Christian Preschool, Excelsior Academy, Fair Park Baptist Church, Faith Brighter Beginnings Day Care, Happy Days Development and Learning, Just Around the Bend, Kiddie Garden Day Care, Louisiana Delta Community College Children’s Center, Little Angels Learning Academy, Little Flower Academy, Little Shining Stars Development Academy, Living Way Infant & Child Development Center, Majestic Youth Development, McGuire UMC Child Development Center, Mini Scholars, Mini World Day Care, Moses & Mary’s Child Development Center, New Vision Child Development Center, Open Arms, Pigtails and Puppytails, Playhowse Learning Center, Ready-Set-Go, Wonderland Child Care and Development Center and University of Louisiana Monroe Child Development Center,
· Monroe City School System and Ouachita Parish School System,
· Claiborne Christian and Our Lady of Fatima (NSECD sites),
· Children’s Coalition Early Head Start,
· OMCAP Head Start,
· EarlySteps.
The coordinating partner for the OPENetwork is the Children’s Coalition for Northeast Louisiana. The majority of Pilots are led by school systems. Ouachita Parish is different because it has two public school systems. The Children’s Coalition has a positive working relationship with both school systems and with all other providers of early care and education. Child Care Connections, the Child Care Resource and Referral Agency for Northeast Louisiana, is a program of the Children’s Coalition.
Program Partners in the OPENetwork include:
· 26 Class A licensed child care centers-Carol’s Kids Daycare, Child’s Play II, Claiborne Christian Preschool, Excelsior Academy, Fair Park Baptist Church, Faith Brighter Beginnings Day Care, Happy Days Development and Learning, Just Around the Bend, Kiddie Garden Day Care, Louisiana Delta Community College Children’s Center, Little Angels Learning Academy, Little Flower Academy, Little Shining Stars Development Academy, Living Way Infant & Child Development Center, Majestic Youth Development, McGuire UMC Child Development Center, Mini Scholars, Mini World Day Care, Moses & Mary’s Child Development Center, New Vision Child Development Center, Open Arms, Pigtails and Puppytails, Playhowse Learning Center, Ready-Set-Go, Wonderland Child Care and Development Center and University of Louisiana Monroe Child Development Center,
· Monroe City School System and Ouachita Parish School System,
· Claiborne Christian and Our Lady of Fatima (NSECD sites),
· Children’s Coalition Early Head Start,
· OMCAP Head Start,
· EarlySteps.
The coordinating partner for the OPENetwork is the Children’s Coalition for Northeast Louisiana. The majority of Pilots are led by school systems. Ouachita Parish is different because it has two public school systems. The Children’s Coalition has a positive working relationship with both school systems and with all other providers of early care and education. Child Care Connections, the Child Care Resource and Referral Agency for Northeast Louisiana, is a program of the Children’s Coalition.