Middle Bucks Preschool

This program prepares students for a variety of careers working with children and provides both theory and practical experiences. Students assist in the operation of a laboratory childcare center located at Middle Bucks which is licensed as a Pennsylvania-approved childcare center. Those students age 16 or older are involved in supervising play learning skills in behavior management maintaining a safe and healthy environment developing an understanding of policies and procedures regarding child care services and developing learning activities for the preschoolers. Classroom instruction includes topics on child growth and development guidance and discipline techniques nutrition health and safety of young children developing lesson plans observation skills and professional skills. In the third year of the program students complete clinical experiences working with infants toddlers preschoolers school-aged children or special needs children. Clustered learning experiences are offered in collaboration with the Cosmetology pathway as part of the Human Services career cluster.