Programs: Head Start, OPK, Titled Funded and Preschool Promise

Title Preschool Service area: Bush, Highland, Scott, Four Corners, Swegle, Richmond, Grant, and Washington

Preschool Promise sites:

1. Chapman Hill 1500 Doaks Ferry Rd NW, Salem 97304
2. Bethel 6580 State St, Salem 97317
3. Richmond 466 Richmond Ave SE 97301
4. Hallman 4000 Deerhaven Dr NE 97301
5. Seymour Center 3745 Portland Rd NE 97301
6. Clear Lake Elementary 7425 Meadowglen St NE Keizer 97303

Call to apply: (503) 399-5510

1850 45th Avenue NE
Salem, OR 97305 United States

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Language(s) spoken with children by staff: English and Spanish

Educational philosophy or approach: By providing an early connection to schools, Early Childhood Program staff and families partner to prepare children to see themselves as capable learners, who are developing skills that will enable them to make sense of their world and to succeed in it. We are commitment to: • Establishing a supportive learning environment for children, parents, and staff • Recognizing that children, families, and staff have roots in many cultures; working together to effectively promote respectful, sensitive, and proactive approaches to diversity issues • Understanding that the empowerment of families occurs when their ideas and opinions are heard and respected • Embracing a comprehensive vision of health for children, families, and staff, which assures the basic health needs are met • Respecting the importance of all aspects of an individual’s development, including social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth • Fostering relationships with a larger community, so that families are respected and served by a network of community agencies in partnership with one another • Developing a continuum of care, education, and services that allow stable, uninterrupted support to families and children during their Head Start experience.

Other services provided: Parenting education, family nights, parent volunteer opportunities, and referrals to service providers such as WESD

Type of program setting: School District, Head Start/Oregon PreKindergarten

Mode of learning: Online or supported at home

Experience or specialized training: Children with complex medical needs, with developmental delays or disabilities, children who have experienced trauma/ACEs, dual language learners, children with a physical disability children with sensory needs, children with specialized diets or feeding, children in foster care, children with alternative communication systems