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Staffing&Enrollment <br /> In a normal year at Children's Workshop,we enroll about 90-110 students. We had 6 Children's <br /> House Co-Guides, 2 Toddler Guides, 1 Nido Guide and 8 Assistant Teachers. Since the <br /> Government closure in March 2020 due to COVID-19,our enrollment has dropped roughly 48%, <br /> resulting in laying off staff and closing two classrooms.There are currently 2 open CH classrooms, <br /> 1 TC classroom and 1 Nido classroom. We currently have 39 CH students, 12 TC students, and 3 <br /> infants enrolled.We anticipate to regrow our community in 2021. <br /> CW currently employs 13 staff members,with the goal of returning to our pre-pandemic size of 21 <br /> employees.Approximately 20%of our staff are on our Administrative team,3o%are Lead Guides, <br /> and 50% are program staff. Each member is highly qualified through formal and informal <br /> education. Our current staff roster is listed: <br /> • Administrative Team: <br /> o Head of School-Susan Dyrud MacDonald <br /> o Director of Admissions and Program Coordinator-Melissa Norton <br /> o Assistant Administrator-Amy Vang <br /> o Director of Finance-Donnette Tanner <br /> • Guides: <br /> o Nido (infant) -Sheena Lor <br /> o Willow Room(Toddler)-Natalie Friesen <br /> o Birch Room(Preschool/CH) -Julia Neumann <br /> o River Room(Preschool/CH) -Natalie Henderson <br /> • Support Staff: <br /> o Nido Assistant-Alex Smith <br /> o A to I (Assistance to Infancy)Assistant-Isabelle Oien <br /> o Willow Room Assistant-Hlubtshaj Yang <br /> o Birch Room Assistant-Rachel Ivascu <br /> o River Room Assistant-Michael Sala <br /> The State of Minnesota ratios for child care centers are as listed: <br /> • Preschool: 1:10 <br /> • Toddler: 1:7 <br /> • Infant 1:4 <br /> We respect the children's education, time and space in their development. Our program follows <br /> the Montessori ratio in order to nurture,teach and give our most availability to the children when <br /> they are in need.The Montessori ratio we follow is: <br /> • Children's House: 1:9 <br /> • Toddler Community: 1:6 <br /> • Nido Community: 1:3 <br /> We schedule our staff based on our children's schedules. Most of our children have a full day <br /> schedule which is between 8:3o am to 3:3o pm,but we also have a few students in the morning <br /> and afternoon care.We currently have 52 students with a Full Day schedule, 7 students with AM <br /> Care and 17 students with PM Care.In order to ensure care and safety for our chidren,and giving <br /> staff breaks,we have additional floating Assistant Teachers/Aides. <br />