We support the healthy growth of children in an environment that promotes emotional, intellectual, and interpersonal understanding. This collaborative endeavor on the part of children, teachers, parents, and family consultants provides a rich and unique early childhood experience. We foster creativity, independence, individuality, and respect for self and community.
We teach effective ways to manage a range of feelings so that children gain emotional strength. We provide structures and experiences that both ground and stretch children and we value a variety of exploration, discovery, and expression.
We teach effective ways to manage a range of feelings so that children gain emotional strength. We provide structures and experiences that both ground and stretch children and we value a variety of exploration, discovery, and expression.
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Mission & Philosophy
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We support the healthy growth of children in an environment that promotes emotional, intellectual, and interpersonal understanding. This collaborative endeavor on the part of children, teachers, parents, and family consultants provides a rich and unique early childhood experience. Allen Creek Preschool is founded on an understanding of healthy child development that is based on psychoanalytic developmental principles.
Teachers
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The teaching staff at Allen Creek is as varied and unique as the children in our classrooms. As a group, they have over 100 years of experience working with young children. We value a range of qualities when hiring staff who work directly with children. A genuine interest in developing relationships with children, based on knowledge of child development and the ability to weave the interests and ideas of children into the daily curriculum.
Family Consultants
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The Family Consultant component is a unique resource to the Allen Creek community, available at no other area preschool, and is provided at no additional cost. Family Consultants are professionals with a specialization in child development - psychoanalysts, psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers - who are resources for Allen Creek families.
Administrators
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The administrative staff at Allen Creek serves to support the children and families, the work of the teachers and family consultants, and the smooth functioning of the school. Meghan has taught in a variety of preschool settings, including many years at Allen Creek, a special education inclusion classroom in Colorado, and a wonderful cooperative nursery school in Chicago.
Board of Directors
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Allen Creek Preschool is a nonprofit, governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. The Board is charged with nurturing the mission of the school and ensuring the school's long-term sustainability. The Board hires an Executive Director, who manages the day to day operations of the school.
The Board is instrumental in coordinating financial operations, marketing, development, and long-range planning, and recruits members from within the SE Michigan psychoanalytic community, from alumni parents, and from the business community.Lindsay is the marketing director for a large software company in Ann Arbor, having worked with Fortune 500 brands in B2B, B2C and non-profit environments.
The Board is instrumental in coordinating financial operations, marketing, development, and long-range planning, and recruits members from within the SE Michigan psychoanalytic community, from alumni parents, and from the business community.Lindsay is the marketing director for a large software company in Ann Arbor, having worked with Fortune 500 brands in B2B, B2C and non-profit environments.
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