Childcare IdeaWave Campaign
Whether you're a parent, or you're planning to have children in the next few years, your opinion about childcare on campus matters. What specific ideas or suggestions can you provide to ensure that UC San Diego meets campus childcare needs now, and in the future?
Campaign Length
May 23 through June 4, 2018
Audience
UC San Diego faculty, students and staff
Background
In an effort to address childcare considerations within the context of the campus Strategic Plan and the 2018 campus Long Range Development Plan update, childcare services have been identified as a top priority. These services provide direct and meaningful support for the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty, students and staff. Expansion of campus childcare services is based on the current transformation of the UC San Diego campus, which will accommodate the anticipated enrollment growth up to 40,000 students in the next five years.
The Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) and the Mesa Child Development Center (MCDC) are owned and operated by the university. Programs are open to the children of full-time UC San Diego faculty, students and staff, as well as a limited number of non-UC San Diego affiliates. Services include health screenings. Both centers provide high-quality care and learning opportunities that serve as the foundation for future academic success.
- ECEC has 210 students age 2 months to 5 years old with high adult to child ratios. It is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and functions under the California Department of Education contract requirements. Developmental programs are based on the assumption that children learn by doing, especially when activities are self-initiated and self-regulated.
- MCDC offers full- and part-time flexible care for 72 children age 3 months to 5 years old in mixed aged groups. Curriculum is inspired by the Reggio Emilia educational philosophy, which takes an approach of surrounding the child in socially and culturally diverse environments and encourages participation in activities that stimulate learning through doing, especially while developing relationships with others.
Get the Conversation Started
Login to IdeaWave using Single Sign-On and submit your ideas today.
Check back regularly to review your ideas and provide feedback by submitting comments to other people's ideas. By commenting on an idea and sharing your personal knowledge, you can help turn a good idea into a great one.
We look forward to your best ideas!
How It Works
After one week, the idea submission period will end. You'll have five more days to vote and comment on the ideas that your peers submitted. When you vote for an idea using the “thumbs up” button, you're indicating to the campaign management team that this idea is important to you. You can vote for as many ideas as you like.
Once the campaign is closed, the campaign leadership team will evaluate submitted ideas that have the most potential to meet campus childcare needs. Those ideas will be considered for implementation.
Incentives for Participating:
The first five people who submit an idea will receive a $10 summer swim pass for RIMAC.