On-site Child Care Center

ON-SITE CHILD CARE

ABOUT THE ON-SITE CHILD CARE CENTER

The Marquette University Child Care Center is an on-site, employer-sponsored nonprofit organization dedicated to quality care for children of all those who make up the Marquette University community — students, staff, faculty and alumni. Childcare is available from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at competitive rates. The center provides year-round care for children ages six weeks to five years and summer programs for ages six to 12. Enrollment is subject to space availability. You are eligible for this benefit upon your date of hire/change in eligibility and subject to availability.

OUR CHILD CARE CENTER PHILOSOPHY

While respecting and appreciating all faiths, the Marquette University Child Care Center reflects the Jesuit tradition by developing the whole person, encouraging verbal skills, and fostering service to the community. We believe that the whole child develops in an orderly manner by passing through stages of development, which occur in predictable sequential fashion according to their physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth.

We provide:

• Experiences in dramatic play, math, art, science, music, language, pre-reading, and pre-writing • Verbal activities that enable children to develop the critical-thinking skills necessary to further learning • Assistance in identifying and participating in activities that will help better the larger communities and world in which they live In pursuing these objectives, the major task and calling of the teacher is to nurture the self -esteem of each child. Children who are secure and have a strong sense of self-worth develop into whole persons, ready to tackle any future learning activity and able to give of themselves.