Covina Development Center

Overview

Covina Development Center operates multiple classrooms serving children from birth through kindergarten in fully inclusive settings that combine children with and without special needs. The center provides early intervention services for children with identified developmental delays within classroom environments.

Approach and curriculum

Classroom practice follows professional early‑childhood frameworks and standards (including NAEYC, PITC, and the California Foundations & Frameworks) and uses the Creative Curriculum. Instruction is individualized to each child's developmental needs rather than strictly by chronological age, with an emphasis on low teacher–child ratios and curriculum adapted to each child.

Staff and safety

Teaching staff hold or are eligible for California Child Development Permits; most have two to four years of college and several are pursuing advanced degrees.
More than half of staff are bilingual. Staff are trained in First Aid and Infant CPR, have Department of Justice fingerprint clearances, and some hold additional certifications (food handling, SCERTS, trainer credentials).
Child–teacher ratios are kept low: younger children may be placed at a 1:3 ratio, and older groups generally at 1:4 or 1:5; early intervention students are typically placed in 1:3 settings regardless of age.

Facilities, nutrition and family information

The center maintains outdoor play areas and a preschool garden and publishes a calendar that lists holidays and occasional early closures. All enrolled children are eligible for a subsidized breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack through the California Child Nutrition Program.

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Covina Development Center

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Overview

Approach and curriculum

Staff and safety

Facilities, nutrition and family information

Programs

Early Care and Education Preschool Program

Infants

Pre-Kindergarten

Preschool

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