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Ey Erin Hicks
Daily Ne&r&sUn CUT Writer
Brightly colored finger
painted masterpieces, laughing
children, and the smiling faces
of dedicated Instructors all
contribute to the warm
atmosphere at the University
Child Care Project.
The UCCP first opened 15
years ago as an effort of the
Associated Students of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, Campus
Ministries, the Office of Scho
larships and Financial Aid and
a group of students who saw a
need for a day care center for
low-income students, the UCCP
director said.
Valdeen Nelson said the cen
ter started as .a parent coop
erative, where parents served
as the staff members. Origi
nally, there was no charge for
the day care services. However,
as enrollments increased and
costs rose, professional staff
members were added and
weekly fees were collected.
The center currently cares
for 71 children and charges a
weekly fee of $50 for 3 to 5 year
olds; $S0 for infants.
UCCP operates two year
round centers, one for child
ren age 3 to 5, at 333 N. 14th
St., and another for infants 6
weeks to 3 years of age, at 640
N. 16th St
The UCCP is administered
through UNL's Office of Stu
dent Affairs, along with the
United Ministries in Higher Ed
ucation. The center operates
primarily as a student service,
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but also for UNL faculty and
staff, and for families in the
community as openings occur.
The UCCP centers its philo
sophy on child development
and self-confidence, much low
er child-to-staff ratios, a psy
chological consultant and a
natural foods program spon
sored by the USDA.
The UCCP also emphasizes
parental involvement in the
center. Parents are the sole
members of the Governing
Board of Representatives, and
their input and suggestions
have direct impact on plan
ning. Parents also are encour
aged to 1sit frequently, eat
lunch with their kids and at
tend the monthly meetings.
Child Care Supervisor Joyce
Nebon, Infant Care Center Su
pervisor Melinda Brown and
the head teachers all have
bachelor's degrees in early
childhood education, elemen
tary education or human de
velopment. -
Along with the regular part
time and full-time staff, ap
proximately 30 work-study
students receive practical work
experience at the center.
The main goab of the UCCP
are to provide high quality day
care service for the children,
to provide this as a support for
parents so they can go on with
their jobs with a free mind,
and to provide a work site and
a training site for students in
the child care field," Nelson
said. "
Bridget Niofussi, a UNL grad
uate student, said, "I like the
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A new requirement in the
Teachers College will allow the
College.
"We w ill be requiring a series of
pre-professional skills tests as a
condition for admission into the
teacher education program,"
, Aksamit said.
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receives 5 percent of the total
sale and any income beyond that
is usually from the sale of subsi
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center because it focuses on
children as individuals, and
because of the emphasis on
parental input We have the
opportunity to make changes
and I feel that's important to
good Child care."
Nelson said the recent con
troversies over sexual abuse in
day care centers have not af
fected the UCCP. She said the
center has been holding brief
ing sessions, and have held
demonstrations by Child Abuse
Information Services for the
last two years. She said she
Adopting the requirement was
a faculty decision made after
passage of LB&94, which autho
rized Nebraska students to take
the tests before admission into a
teacher education program.
Although regulations on the
bill are not complete, Aksamit
said, the tests eventually will be
mandatory and UNL students
have the advantage of taking
them sooner.
Beginning this year, first serr.es-
"With the profit the publisher
receives, the company must also
pay for its failures," Gilbert said.
If every one of three textbooks
was a failure, Gilbert said, "the
publisher would go broke."
"If every one of five textbooks
were a failure, the company could
end up doing very well," he said.
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portant as information sessions
and also because they inform
teachers and parents of sig
nals of sexual abuses that chil
dren may exhibit
Child Care Supervisor Joyce
Wagner said she thinks that
although the recent controv
ersy over sexual abuses in day
care centers has shed a nega
tive light on tho system, it has
served to make parents more
aware and concerned with the
care their children receive.
The UCCP provides a quality
ter sophomores in Teachers Col
lege who have accumulated 50 to
55 credit hours, should register
to take the tests by Friday. Test
ing will be Nov. 3. However, there
will be another session later in
in the spring.
Students can register at the
Career Planning and Placement
Center in Nebraska Union 230.
There is a $35 fee.
Aksamit said junior and senior
students already in the teacher
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child care setting which i3 an
invaluable service to this uni
versity, Nelson said.
"Parents can feel confident
that their children will spend a
day that will stimulate their
minds, and b filled with lots of
love and attention," she said.
Currently, the Commonplace
building which houses the
UCCP may be bought by the
university at the end of this
academic year. If the building
is sold, the UCCP must find
another affordable, convenient
location.
education program eventually will
be tested by the state before they
are certified.
The test format will be similar
to the ACT and SAT tests given to
high school students. The test
will assess the students' overall
abilities in reading, writing and
math. Students can review their
graded test to see if there are
areas they can improve.
Aksamit said she thinks UNL
students will perform well on the
tests.
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