Licensing & Standards
The JFNH Preschool is licensed by the New Hampshire Bureau of Child Care Standards and Licensing and the New Hampshire Department of Education. The JFNH Preschool follows the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Guidelines for developmentally appropriate practice.
Notice of Non-Discriminatory Policy: The JFNH Preschool admits students of any race, national or ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.
A note to parents from the licensing bureau:
The licensing authority for the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire Preschool is the Bureau of Child Care Standards and Licensing. Information regarding recent licensing and monitoring visits for the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire Preschool is available by calling the Bureau at 271-4624 or 1-800-852-3345, extension 4624.
During licensing, monitoring, and complaint investigation visits to child care agencies, the Department interviews children regarding the care they receive at the agency if they think the child's response would be valuable in determining the quality and level of care provided. If you do not want your child interviewed or if you wish to be informed prior to your child being interviewed, you must provide a signed and dated statement to the agency director indicating your preference. This statement must be updated annually.
The well being of day care children is our concern. We recognize that interviewing your children is a delicate responsibility, therefore, we will make every attempt to help any child we interview feel comfortable by being gentle, reassuring, sensitive and casual. We will spend time playing with the child and will take into account the child's level of maturity and willingness to talk to us.
We believe it is important to interview children when monitoring child care agencies because children often provide us with valuable information about the care they receive and important day care activity that we are unlikely to observe. We ask questions about meals, snacks, activities, teachers, fire drills, day care rules, and what happens if children don't follow those rules.
The following are a few of the considerations we will follow when we interview children:
- We will have the teachers introduce us to the children and explain why we are there.
- Children will be randomly selected for the interview and will be asked if they would like to talk with us. It has been our experience that children enjoy the interview. However, children may refuse and will not be pressured.