Rosslyn Children's Center, Arlington

RCC is a non profit early childhood development center in Arlington Virginia. Our dedicated teachers provide children from 8 weeks through kindergarten with a nurturing, creative, and challenging environment designed to support each child's success. We meet or exceed all local and state guidelines... Who we are… Rosslyn Children’s Center (RCC), is a quality early childhood development center serving children and families from birth through age six. RCC teachers, administration and families combine to form a small but vibrant community dedicated to providing a consistent, nurturing, creative and responsive environment in which each of our children will learn, grow and flourish. Since 1991, “RCC” has been guiding children’s learning through play; promoting the success of each individual child. Guided by our two curriculum specialists and experienced administrative team, our knowledgeable and dedicated teaching team work together to provide developmentally and age appropriate experiences which foster growth, curiosity and development. Our infants are guided by their loving and nurturing “primary caregivers”, each of whom is dedicated to providing up to three infants with an individualized daily routine and environment designed to promote each infant’s self esteem and sense of curiosity, enabling their success at each stage of development. Our toddlers through kindergarteners are each guided by teaching teams. We believe that the combination of teachers, each committed to providing excellence, rather than a hierarchy of “leads and aides” lends itself to a richer, more creative, more cohesive environment in which both our children and teachers thrive. In addition to working together on daily activities, weekly lesson planning and individualized plans, our teams have the opportunity to work with our curriculum specialists to further enhance the opportunities we are providing for our children. Our dedicated, volunteer Board of Directors, comprised of current parents, community members and past parents, combine their energy and expertise to support and guide our long term vision and mission. Together, we work each day to create a world for our children, our teachers, our families and our administration wherein we all feel challenged, vital and valued. We at Rosslyn Children's Center are dedicated to providing a nurturing, creative and developmentally appropriate environment in which our children, families and our RCC team are encouraged to learn, develop and thrive. In supporting our team of children, families and teachers, we believe that: children learn in many different ways - it is our responsibility to address all the needs of a child - emotional, intellectual, social and physical; parents are the most significant adults in a child's life and must be supported in developing themselves both as parents and as individuals; teachers and administration are encouraged to keep growing in their field of expertise through support and resources such as workshops, training sessions and continued education. In order to accomplish our goals, we provide: a dedicated and experienced team of teachers supported by in house and outside resources and support; a safe and stimulating physical environment; a diverse daily program of activities for our children to encourage age-appropriate development and a positive self-image, curiosity, language, cognitive and social abilities and fine and gross motor skills; ongoing opportunities for our children to explore the world outside our center; frequent events in which we encourage parent participation so that they can share in their child's growing and learning; a support system for families providing them with services including monthly Parents’ Night Out Evenings, school-wide social events and trainings on topics of interest to our families.