Children’s Development Academy Earns National Accreditation

ROSWELL, GA — Children’s Development Academy in Roswell has earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Children (NAEYC)- the world’s largest organization working on behalf of young children.

NAEYC Accreditation is a rigorous and transformative quality-improvement system that uses a set of 10 research-based standards to collaborate with early education programs to recognize and drive quality-improvement in high-quality early learning environments.

“We’re proud to have earned the mark of quality from NAECY and to be recognized for our commitment to reaching the highest professional standards," Marla Reisman, Center Director said. "We are committed to providing an opportunity that affords all children in our community high-quality early education."

To earn NAEYC Accreditation, Children’s Development Academy went through an extensive self-study and quality-improvement process, followed by an on-site visit by NAEYC Assessors to verify and ensure that the program met each of the 10 program standards, and hundreds of corresponding individual criteria. NAEYC-accredited programs are always prepared for unannounced quality-assurance visits during their accreditation term, which lasts for five years.

In the 30 years since NAEYC Accreditation was established, it has become a widely recognized sign of high-quality early childhood education. More than 7,000 programs are currently accredited by NAEYC—less than 10 percent of all child care centers, preschools, and kindergartens nationally achieve this recognition.

“NAEYC-Accredited programs bring our definitions of excellence for early childhood education to life each day,” said Kristen Johnson, senior director of Early Learning Program Accreditation at NAEYC. “Earning NAEYC Accreditation makes the CDA an exemplar of good practice for families and the entire community.”