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Our certified teachers have been selected for their outstanding qualifications in the field of pre-school education. They are highly qualified in the fields of pre-school and infant/toddler or early childhood education.

Our teacher assistants are trained, mature adults, carefully chosen for their empathy and kindness and trained by us in the skills of caring for young children. Their one objective is to help each teacher bring out the best in your child.

All our staff members attend regular seminars and in-service training courses.

Social/Emotional Health - Staff Training

Foundations For Learning is committed to a course of constant improvement in:

• Curriculum
• Staff training
• Behavior management
• Staff/student interaction

In our effort to improve we have teamed up with Yale University and the ECCP (Early Childhood Coalition Partnership) in order to better understand the importance of social emotional health in early childhood education. This partnership provides our classroom teachers with the training and resources needed to help our students develop expressive language, problem solving, and coping strategies. Some specific techniques and materials that we use in our center are:

• Smart Choice Board where students, when they have a problem, can go and pick a problem solving strategy to use.
• Smart Choice review cards where teachers can review the problem solving choices that are safe to use if there is a problem.
• Breathing Cube where students can practice various breathing techniques to help them calm down when they are upset or angry.
• Ongoing observations/ quarterly screenings followed by parent-teacher conferences.
• Emotional Charades-help students act out different emotions
• ABC Yoga for Kids-helps students relax, stretch, and learn their letters.
• On-going dialogues with students/parents-we help students practice communicating their thoughts and feelings through modeling and practice. We work with parents on problem solving strategies that help build continuity between home and school.

Our head teacher, Miranda Belles, speaks about herself

My name is Miranda Belles and I am the Director and Head Teacher at Foundations For Learning. I recently graduated from the University of Hartford with my master’s degree in Early Childhood and Special Education with certification. I also have my Connecticut Head Teacher certificate for infants through school age children.

The best parts about working in early childhood are: watching them accomplish their goals, listening to them tell stories about their experiences, and working closely with them as they explore the world around them. My favorite thing about working at Foundations For Learning is that I get to work cooperatively with an amazing staff and a wonderful group of parents.