State University of New York at Cortland
Tier2-1: Childcare

Our center is located on the SUNY Cortland campus and was opened in 1993 to serve students and staff of the college, New York state employees and alumni and community. Because our center is brand new, everything within the center was designed and built with the young child in mind, so the facility is child-centered and appropriately furnished. We're a New York state licensed child care center, licensed for up to 106 children. Our center has eight classrooms: two infant rooms, a waddler room, two toddler rooms and three preschool rooms. We have extensive infant, toddler and preschool playgrounds directly outside our building with covered patios for rainy day play. We also have two indoor gross motor spaces where the children can expend their energy and use their large muscles when the weather is not conducive to outdoor play. Daily activities and routines are geared to promote development of children cognitively, physically, socially and emotionally. Tuition assistance is available to income eligible students. Our staff are all professionals in the early childhood field. Our head teachers all have appropriate credentials in early childhood education or a related field. And all our staff are required to participate in ongoing training to keep abreast of current trends in child development and education. One of the best benefits of being on campus is the involvement of the SUNY Cortland students in the center. Our early childhood department collaborates with our program, involving students through fieldwork placements and practicum experiences. The students contribute an energy and enthusiasm that is contagious among the children and staff here at the center. What better way for them to learn than active involvement in our daily programming.