About Us

The New Futures School Child Development and Parenting Center provides culturally sensitive parenting education and developmentally appropriate childcare to pregnant and parenting students attending New Futures School. Albuquerque Public Schools funded and constructed specially designed suites of infant and toddler rooms that provide an environment conducive to developmentally appropriate care. Here are some of the important features of our program.

For Your Child

• Children two-weeks to three years are eligible to attend the child development and parenting center during the school year.
  
  
• A child has one primary caregiver for one school year and optimally for the entire time the child attends New Futures Child Development and Parenting Center.
  
  
• A child receives care that is individualized and the care of children in a group is child-centered so that children can learn at their own pace.
  
  
• A child’s needs are met promptly and consistently to promote a sense of trust that leads to positive social and emotional development.
  
  
• A child participates in a developmentally appropriate curriculum that includes activities based on a child’s interests, physical and cognitive abilities.
  
  
• A child’s care occurs in a safe and healthy learning environment because students and caregiver’s follow prescribed licensing and best practice regulations.
  

For the Parent/Student

• Staff members encourage enrolled students to register in child development and health classes as well as child development laboratories in order to learn about typically developing infants and toddlers.
  
  
• A teen parent attending NFS Child Development and Parenting Center can choose to enroll in one eighty-minute period with his/her child each day.
  
  
• The child development assistants model developmentally appropriate care of infants and toddlers for students.
  
  
• Students learn that consistent routines and nurturing care enable their children to develop trust in the care providers and the learning environment.
  
  
• Working together, the child development assistants and students create a rich environment that:
  
  
  
  • Provides nurturing care and play for her child and other children in a cooperative childcare setting.
    
    
  • Enables each infant and toddler to develop at his or her own pace.
    
    
  • Supports the children to establish a trusting relationship that helps with the separation anxiety that some children experience.