Temple City Early Learning Academy (TCELA) is a preschool program located in Temple City, California, that provides tuition-based early education for preschool-age children. The program serves children in the preschool age range and operates in association with the local school district.
Temple City Early Learning Academy is an early childhood education center that offers developmentally appropriate care and learning for young children in a diverse, inclusive setting. The program emphasizes play-based learning to support social, cognitive, language, physical, and emotional development.
The program uses The Creative Curriculum® aligned with the California State Preschool Learning Foundations and employs GOLD Online Assessments as a formative classroom assessment tool to monitor each child’s developmental progress.
Instructors are required to hold relevant teaching permits and CPR/First Aid certification; paraprofessionals are required to have a minimum number of child development units. The program works with the district’s Special Education department to provide inclusive options and, when appropriate, specialized services and therapies as specified in students’ IEPs.
A tuition-based school-year preschool program that follows the Temple City Unified School District academic calendar and observes the district’s holidays and closures; the 2025–2026 school year is described as 180 school days and begins in mid-August.
Preschool special education services for eligible children under IDEA Part B and state regulations, offered in inclusive settings or in separate classrooms as appropriate and based on each child’s IEP; services may include specialized academic instruction, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and behavior intervention services.
A tuition-based summer program for children ages 2–5 offered in grouped weeks and two four-week sessions; the program runs Monday–Thursday with daily hours listed as 8:00 AM–4:30 PM and includes water play, STEAM activities, walking field trips, visits from community helpers, and meals provided by the district food services.
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