Staff

Our Teaching Staff:

Carousel has a high-quality staff of qualified teachers and caregivers. The staff is recruited through a process of state-wide advertisement and an interview process by a committee of staff and parents. It is our goal to attract teachers with vast educational and theoretical knowledge combined with early childhood teaching experience and those from diverse backgrounds to emulate the diversity of the population of children and families at Carousel. All teaching staff interviewed submit a formal resume and letter of intent. They must provide letters of references and a copy of their college transcript, a copy of their educational degrees and certificates along with any additional credentials and a Professional Portfolio for review by the Administration and Carousel’s Interview Committee. It is Carousel’s goal to reduce staff turnover, attract and retain a high quality and well-trained professional staff of teachers and caregivers, who have a heart for young children.

In addition to obtaining a formal degree, the teaching staff is required to maintain annual certification in the following:

  • First Aid & CPR
  • EPI-Pen
  • Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse & Neglect
  • NAEYC Code of Ethics& Professionalism
  • Review of Carousel’s Program Policies & Procedures
  • CT Dept. of Public Health Child Care Regulations
  • Curriculum and Assessment of Children
  • Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Training in communication, curriculum and family/child activities
  • NAEYC Accreditation Standards and Criteria
  • Serving Children with Special Needs
  • Language/Literacy Development for Young Children
  • Administration and Supervision
  • OSHA Training

The teachers are required to be involved participants in the program’s operation and to serve on various committees that operate the program such as:

  • Nutrition and Fitness
  • Teaching Staff Evaluation (peer evaluation)
  • Administration Evaluation
  • Program Evaluation
  • Classroom Evaluation
  • Program Materials (Prop boxes, etc.)
  • Curriculum Evaluation
  • American Sign Language integrated curriculum
  • School Community and Community Outreach
  • The Parent Committee
  • Health & Emergency Preparedness