Core Values

We believe that we all share a responsibility to support and nurture the children’s and our own natural desire to be life-long learners.  We put ourselves and our learning on the same level as the child’s, and commit ourselves to our own professional and personal growth.   As we learn alongside the children and their families, we embrace the opportunity to learn and grow that each day, each activity and each situation presents for us.

Relationships are the foundation on which the organization operates.   We believe the quality of the care we provide is measured by the quality of the relationships we have with the children, families, employees, suppliers, funders, legislators and our environments.   We are committed to ensuring these relationships are respectful; warm and caring; honest and open; and fair and equitable.

In our efforts to continuously improve, we are dynamic. We have the courage to lead; the willingness to take appropriate risk; and the strength to be creative.   We are accepting of change that strengthens and improves us.

We are committed to financial prudence and stability - to making decisions that take into account and are based on the short, medium and long term goals and objectives of the corporation. We conduct ourselves and our business in a manner that is legal, moral and ethical.

We are committed to conversations that are openly cooperative and collaborative.   We welcome all perspectives; we value and respect all points of view.   We give and receive information and feedback in a timely manner.   We expect the same from others.

There is joy and hopefulness in the work we do and the relationships we have with others.