ROSEMOUNT CENTER
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Mission Statement
Rosemount Center's mission is to prepare children and families for their future by providing comprehensive early childhood education and family support programs in a bilingual multicultural setting. The majority of Rosemount's families live at or just above the poverty level and many are native Spanish-speaking Latinos. Through classrooms in its historic building in northwest Washington DC and through a home-based program, which reaches almost all Wards in the District of Columbia, Rosemount provides year-round dual language early childhood education and parent support services to provide strong school readiness skills for children and their parents and to prepare them for kindergarten.
About This Cause
For over 40 years, Rosemount Center has been providing early childhood education and support services to families from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. Rosemount currently provides center-based services to 163 children in the historic House of Mercy building in northwest Washington DC. Home-based services are provided to an additional 77 children and at-risk pregnant women throughout the District of Columbia. Rosemount's Infant/Toddler Program serves pregnant women, infants and toddlers (ages 6 weeks to 3 years). The Preschool Program serves preschool children (ages 3 to 5 years). Enrollment options include tuition from private paying families, subsidized spaces through the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), and federally funded Early Head Start spaces. Rosemount's center-based classrooms have one English-speaking and one Spanish-speaking teacher, which fosters fluency in both languages. Through the use of Teaching Strategies Creative Curriculum 's weekly thematic lesson plans, games, songs, stories, arts and crafts, and special activities, our children develop school readiness skills. In our infant/toddler classrooms, Rosemount provides a nurturing, stimulating, and safe environment. We follow the "continuity of care" model, which allows an infant to stay with the same teacher as (s)he moves each year to the next classroom, until (s)he reaches preschool age. Children at Rosemount benefit from a low teacher to student ratio and receive focused individual attention, which is particularly important for non-English speakers and children with special needs. While best practice suggests a teacher-child ratio of 1:10 for preschool, Rosemount has a 1:5-8 ratio. Best practice also suggests a 1:3 ratio for infants and Rosemount has a 1:2 ratio. Through our home-based program, Rosemount's home visitors engage in weekly visits with pregnant mothers and parents of young children to provide educational and supportive services. They bring Rosemount's early childhood education curriculum to the home. They connect parents with bilingual resources, as well as transportation and translation services for medical and other appointments. They also provide opportunities for group socializations, parent trainings, and workshops on site at Rosemount Center. A strong component of Rosemount's home-based program is service to poor, pregnant women and teenage mothers. At-risk pregnant women receive pre-natal guidance from the first trimester through postpartum care. The program utilizes a multi-dimensional approach, consisting of home visits, group socializations that include nutritional counseling, medical referrals, training in post-natal care and parenting skills, education and support in the benefits of breastfeeding and the risks of smoking and alcohol abuse, mental health interventions, and referrals to community resources. When a child enrolls in Rosemount, parents and teachers collaborate to create a family partnership agreement. The child's progress is monitored through quarterly progress reports and regular assessments. All of Rosemount's parents are encouraged to become active participants in their child's education through dual-language parenting workshops and training sessions, regular conferences regarding their child's progress, and programs focused on nutrition and health. Ten percent of our children are identified with special needs and benefit from early intervention through speech/language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and mental health services. Rosemount coordinates screenings and makes recommendations about referrals and/or classroom interventions. Our teachers are responsible for helping special needs children with a variety of disabilities alongside other children in the classroom. Multi-disciplinary meetings are conducted to ensure that we address the many-faceted needs of children with identified disabilities. To ensure Rosemount maximizes long-term benefits for our children and their families, Rosemount's Special Needs Program emphasizes prevention, early detection and helping parents learn to advocate for their children. The aim of this program is to promote better outcomes later in life for children identified with developmental disabilities at a very young age. The Center is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), is recognized as a Gold-Level center by the District of Columbia's Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), and has been recognized in the New York Times for its commitment to socio-economic diversity among the families it serves.