Maria Cruz
Director
Maria Cruz has a BA in Elementary Education from Puerto Rico and has worked as a kindergarten teacher in the public schools in Puerto Rico for 15 years before she moved to Orlando. She has also worked as preschool teacher at Azalea Park Learning Center from 1992 to 1996, and has graduated with a Child Development Associate Degree in Early Childhood Educ
ation. She started as a Director here at APLC since 1996, and has now finished her Childcare Management Course. Mrs. Maria Cruz has always been directly involved with the care and development of children.
Marianne Toletino
Owner
I started this business in 1992. I have since then dedicated myself in making and maintaining a high quality childcare center. I am constantly involved in the care and management of the center giving my staff and director all the support possible. I have been involved in developing all the knowledge that is necessary to keep my staff up-to-date with the latest child developmental practices and discipline practices. We have a camera surveillance system in which we, my director and I, have a direct supervision of each teacher's classroom management.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
NAEYC Accreditation, STATE GOLDEN SEAL - by the Florida Department of Children and Families and the DIAMOND SEAL AWARD by 4-C.
Azalea Park Learning Center is accredited through NAEYC (National Association of the Education of Young Children). NAEYC administrates the largest and most widely recognized national, voluntary and professionally sponsored accreditation system for all types of early childhood schools and childcare centers. NAEYC is the nation's largest organization of early childhood educators.
What Is Accreditation?
Early childhood programs accredited by NAEYC's National Academy of Early Childhood Programs have voluntarily undergone a comprehensive process of internal self-study, invited external professional review to verify compliance with the Criteria for High-Quality Early Childhood Programs and been found to be in substantial compliance with the criteria. A copy of the criteria can be obtained from NAEYC.
We also have been awarded the STATE GOLDEN SEAL AWARD by the Florida Department of Children for not having any fines or irregularities in our records, as well as given the DIAMOND SEAL AWARD by the Central Agency 4-C (Community Coordinated Care for Children) for which we have also undergone a vast assessment tool in which we have scored over 95%.
Let us share with you, together, the satisfaction of your precious child's physical and mental welfare.
