The Teaching Research Institute Child Development Center (CDC) has provided quality care and education to young children and their families for over 30 years. Our program serves families with children aged 30 months to 6 years from Western Oregon University and the surrounding community. The comprehensive program is designed to serve all children seeking preschool and/or child care services regardless of race, color, disability or health status.
TRI-CDC Awarded Prestigious Oregon Program of Quality Designation
Ingrid Amerson, Director of the TRI-CDC, announced today that it had successfully completed Oregon Program of Quality (OPQ) Designation. "We are very proud and excited to have achieved OPQ Designation for our child care program."
The OPQ process enhances and recognizes the quality of child care programs, resulting in a state designation as a quality program. TRI-CDC participated in the first OPQ statewide-cohort. To achieve the designation, TRI-CDC had to meet research-based standards for program quality, including collaborative family partnerships, child development and learning, highly qualified personnel, health and safety practices, developmental environments, and effective administration and business practices.
According to Amerson, "We know that quality child care services make a huge difference for children, families and the community. During the process of creating a portfolio to demonstrate the quality of childhood care and education at TRI-CDC, we not only recognized our strengths but we had the opportunity to make improvements to our program. This award confirms that our efforts through the years at maintaining high quality child care and education have been successful."
