Posted on Friday, October 12, 2007
¾¨Ó㴫ý will host an accreditation panel Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 1:30 p.m. in the Witherspoon Maple Room of the McKelvey Campus Center.
The event is sponsored by the Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children (PAEYC) and funded by the Northwest Regional Key and the Heinz Endowments. It is designed for preschool and child care facilities interested in receiving training for the new reaccreditation system of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
¾¨Ó㴫ý's preschool recently received reaccreditation under the new system. Dr. Mandy Medvin, Gibson-Drinko Distinguished Chair of psychology and director of ¾¨Ó㴫ý's preschool, will present "Lessons from an Accredited School: The Five Most Important Things to Remember for NAEYC Reaccreditation."
Moderator of the panel is Mattie Kendrick, project consultant with the University of Pittsburgh Child Development Center/PAEYC.
Contact Medvin at (724) 946-7360 or e-mail medvinm@westminster.edu for additional information. Visit for information about ¾¨Ó㴫ý's preschool lab.
To register online for the panel, visit or e-mail mollym@pghaeyc.org.Ìý
