Community Partners
Bring an AEME School to Your Space
Early childhood education is transformative for families and communities. Unfortunately, many parts of Oregon are childcare/preschool deserts. There aren’t enough places for kids to grow in critically formative years. AEME works with partners to address this gap by turning unused community spaces into early childhood education facilities.
- Church and Faith Centers
- Community Centers
- Retail/Commercial Spaces
How Pre-K Adds to Your Space
Making early childhood education open and accessible for all families has several benefits. Not only does it serve children and their families, but it also yields several advantages for our community partners.
- Good schools and quality preschools improve neighborhoods.
- The school is a draw for families into other events/services you may offer.
- It helps revitalize neighborhoods and bring in new families.
- It makes use of open space which would otherwise go unused.
- It provides opportunities for your community and/or congregation—like employment, volunteering and more.
- The program contributes to the costs of owning/maintaining a space.
Want to learn the specifics of how we run our Pre-K program?
Our Education Model
We deliver excellence in early childhood education through a unique approach that brings accessible and high-quality learning to every child.
- Our programs have active wait lists, and we can serve as an enticing special benefit for families in your school and school district.
- Our educational model is highly effective with dual language learners. Our classrooms emphasize language development, preparing our children to gain the English writing and reading skills they will need in your classrooms.
- High attendance rates and standards – preparing children and families for strong attendance when they transition into elementary grades.
- Children learn grace and courtesy lessons to use in everyday school and home life and gain social emotional self-regulation skills.
- We conduct screenings and formative assessments for all of our students. This includes Ages & Stages questionnaires and referrals into services at a young age when interventions have the greatest opportunity to be of benefit.
How We Operate the Program Financially
All operational costs are covered by AEME at no cost to the Host Partner or Families we serve.
- Furnishings, educational materials, and classroom/office supplies and equipment. We purchase for opening and are responsible for refreshing/replacing ongoing.
- Staff salaries, payroll taxes, benefits, and workers compensation.
- Staff recruiting, professional development, substitute coverage and staff supervision and support.
- Student snacks during the school day.
We take full responsibility for financial and compliance operations for the classroom(s) educational program.
- ECE Grant applications, reports and compliance.
- Invoicing, bookkeeping and financial reports.
- Childcare licensing and compliance as a Certified Child Care Center, initial and annual renewal. Handling of all compliance and inspections. Water testing, Sanitation Inspections, Child Care Licensure Inspections and coordination with Fire Marshall Inspections.
- Insurance coverage: Student Accident, General Liability, Crime Insurance, Professional Liability.
- Non-Profit business license and tax filings.
How We Work with Families
We engage families through a variety of means to ensure we’ve being successful and providing the services they need.
- We conduct community outreach to local families with the highest needs within your school catchment area for enrollment.
- We help families to access resources they need and emphasize the importance of stable daily school attendance.
- Our families will have lots of access to parent events with our school, and we love to collaborate to build engagement and connection with host site. We use interpreters and arrange for parent handbooks translations.
- We assist families with transition into kindergarten and elementary school.
- We provide families with books and resources to read to their children and actively lead their education.
- We can increase connections with health programs for very young children and families.
- Providers gain feedback from parents on what they want, need, and value for their families.
- We recruit and hire classroom assistants from the community.
Our Commitment to You
When we team with you, we make a formal long-term commitment to be a collaborative partner. We do this while allowing your staff to focus on their core work, as we focus on the educational and social needs of our young learners. Depending on the needs of the space and community, we can also provide the following:
- Manage the entire end-to-end operations of running a preschool onsite in your space.
- Secure needed funds to renovate the space to operate as a welcoming, safe and child-centered preschool.
- Purchase and collaborate with our host for the design and installation of outdoor play equipment and area designated for very young children (including fencing, protective barriers from vehicular traffic, and covered outdoor area).
- Oversee necessary janitorial/maintenance support.
- We bring beauty into our classrooms, and our goal is that all of our children are confident and joyful learners. Your team will be proud to show off our classroom(s) as part of their community space.
Do You Have Space? Are You a Possible Site Host?
AEME eagerly seeks partnerships with organizations that are passionate about making a meaningful investment in the lives of local children. By offering their facilities as hosts for tuition-free, Montessori-inspired preschools, these organizations can join forces with AEME in shaping a brighter future for the community’s youngest learners.
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