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 The RCDC at Haywood Community College is a Five Star Rated Child Care Center

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Welcome to the Regional Child Development Center at Haywood Community College. Pictured above is an artist's rendition of our model center building, now in the planning and development stage, designed by BPC+L Architecture of Asheville and Raleigh, North Carolina. 

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ABOVE

The front of the building as it appears in an artist's model.

View from the rear of the RCDC. The oak tree at the left is 280 years old. It is a central focal point of the building.
BELOW

Here you can see the layout of the building. This plan is for Phase I. later Phase II will include additional space to support the preparation of child care professionals and pre-service teachers. See black & white version.

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RED = 1 Multipurpose Room (21 children)

ORANGE = 3 Infant Laboratories (24 children)

YELLOW = 1-2 Year Old Laboratories (24 children)

 GREEN = 2-3 Year Old Laboratories (28 children)
BLUE = Preschool Laboratories (54 children)
GREY = Administrative and Service Space

The establishment of the Regional Child Development Center (RCDC) on the campus of HCC addresses three major interdependent needs in western North Carolina. These are:

bulletthe need for additional high quality slots for childcare that provide extended hours of care, especially for infants and toddlers;
bulletthe need for adequate training and technical assistance outreach to faith-based, public, and private child development centers and family childcare homes; and
bulletthe need for enhanced professional development opportunities for the childcare workforce.

As the Regional Child Development Center develops and expands into its new facility and becomes a focal point of the Early Childhood Education Program at HCC, it will offer four direct services:

bulletA state-of-the-art regional model child development facility to provide early childhood development services to 163 children and their families.
bulletA model laboratory site for students pursuing a degree in Early Childhood Education both on-site and on-line, with internships in other childcare centers in the region.
bulletOutreach and on-site technical assistance to other childcare providers in western North Carolina, including Haywood and surrounding counties.
bulletOutreach, early childhood development education, and linkage to technology for families in Haywood County and surrounding western North Carolina counties.

To this end, a principal goal of the Regional Child Development Center is to function as a Duke Endowment supported model demonstration center for western North Carolina. Technical assistance to the RCDC is from Dr. Deborah Cryer of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The purpose of this website is to keep all interested in the development of the RCDC informed of its progress. If you have questions or require additional information, please contact the Center Director Sharon Davis at sdavis@haywood.edu or the Vice President of Academic Services Michael P. Germano at mgermano@haywood.edu

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING
The next regular meeting of the RCDC Advisory Council is at The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on January 9, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. in the Student Center (Private Dining Room) at Haywood Community College. This meeting is open to the public.

MISSION STATEMENT
The new mission statement for the RCDC was duly approved on July 11, 2002, and you can refer to it at Mission.

ADVISORY COUNCIL
The new guidelines for the structure and operation of the RCDC Advisory Council was duly approved on July 11, 2002, and you can refer to it at Advisory Council. 

Page last updated: 02/08/05 09:29 AM

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Last modified: April 12, 2004. Copyright © 2001 Haywood Community College. All Rights Reserved.