Welcome to New Futures School Child Development and Parenting Center!

New Futures School offers pregnant and parenting teens the choice to enroll in a school that specializes in parenting education. You may choose to enroll your child in one of twelve state licensed childcare rooms, space permitting.

In specially designed laboratory classes and childcare labs, the child development and parenting program provides:

• hands-on instruction
• experiential learning opportunities

You may enroll in these labs/classes to learn the very latest information on the development and care of newborn infants and toddlers. When you enroll in the labs/classes, you learn to work in a cooperative manner with:

• your peers
• childcare staff
• occupational therapists
• physical therapists
• speech and language pathologists
• visiting nurses and doctors
• the child development teachers.

Earn College Credit!

You may earn college credit by completing a specific sequence of child development and health courses. Please ask about the Child Development and Health Scope and Sequence or Child Development Classes articulated with Central New Mexico Community College for more details on this exceptional opportunity.

Licensure

The Children Youth and Families Department of the State of New Mexico licenses the child development and parenting center at New Futures School. The child development and parenting center’s staff manages the care for ten (10) children in each of twelve rooms for a total of one hundred (120) children per day.

A child progresses through the childcare center based on the child's developmental stage. A child’s chronological age and developmental stage is used for initial placement.