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Chicago
Center for Early Education
Under Mayor Daley's
innovative plan, "Setting A Course for Early Child Care and Education
in Chicago", the Center for Literacy and the Chicago Department of
Human Services, were charged with establishing a resource center to
serve all early childhood professionals in Chicago.
Mission
The Chicago Center for
Early Education (CCEE) will provide Chicago’s early childhood community
with resources and training materials based on current research and
best practices to promote high-quality education for young children. The resource center will provide a
comprehensive collection of multi-media resources to help parents and
educators with child care and family issues. The
facility includes library resources, computer lab, workspace and
equipment area, and training facilities.
Goals
- Increase the
resource materials that are available to early child care and education
programs that serve children ages birth through 8 years to improve
education quality.
- Provide accessibility of information
on parenting issues to support child and family needs.
- Promote the use of technology to
access early childhood information and resources.
- Support local educational and
networking opportunities for the early childhood community by providing
meeting and training space.
Resource
Materials
The center offers a
comprehensive collection of materials on early childhood issues, from
birth to age eight. Adult and children’s
books, periodicals, reports, manuals, activity boxes, videos, audio
tapes, and computer software are all available. Resources
are cataloged for easy access and materials are loaned to card holders,
with the exception of software which must be used on site.
Anyone can apply for the free Chicago Center for
Early Education card and begin checking out materials.
Workspace
& Training Areas
Parents, teachers,
groups, and organizations are encouraged to use the workspace and
training/meeting areas at the center. The
facility can accommodate groups up to 30 people. There
is no fee to use the training space, but reservations must be made in
advance. Available equipment includes
overhead, 35mm and LCD projectors, TV-VCR, Smartboard, laminator,
scanner, bookfinder, paper trimmer, and letter press.
Computer
Lab
The center’s 15
stations provide access to the World Wide Web, email, word processing,
and other software applications. Visitors
are welcome to use the computers for research, study, and preparation
of materials. Training sessions are held
to help parents and teachers navigate early childhood sites on the
Internet. Reservations can be made for
group use of the computer lab.
The Chicago Center for
Early Education is located at
Malcolm X College,
1900 W. Van Buren St.,
Room 2611-2612,
Chicago, IL 60612-3145.
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