Mission and Values
Our mission is to serve university families with an accessible and affordable model child care program, and to offer a resource on child care and parenting. We achieve this through the following core values:
- Providing a developmentally appropriate, nurturing, stimulating, and safe environment both emotionally, socially, intellectually, and physically
- Encouraging parent/teacher partnerships through two-way communication and mutual support
- Promoting a strong sense of community
- Welcoming diversity in backgrounds, lifestyle, individual differences, and needs
- Sustaining a supportive workplace that respects individual teaching styles, fosters creativity, and encourages teacher loyalty and professional growth
- Being receptive to the needs of parents
- Serving as a model program for the Austin child care community, other employers, and university students learning about the child care profession
