Key Staff

Child Development Center Director- Susan Ratkovsky
Operations Manager- Beth Heinrich

Mission statement:

The primary mission of the Child Development Center is to provide quality child care service to Team Ellsworth to  enable team members to meet mission requirements worldwide with the knowledge that their children are in a safe, healthy environment that fosters individual development through independent and creative exploration of their world.

In case of inclement weather the commander can declare H-Hour (the time when the base is closed and people begin to leave the base according to how far they live from the base). Once H-Hour has been declared, the children should be picked up so the CDC employees can leave the base also.

*** We currently have openings for full time preschool at the CDC.  Preschoolers are children from 3-5 years old.  We have a developmental approach to preschool using The Creative Curriculum.  The teachers write a weekly lesson plan with activities planned intentional to target individual children's development.  The curriculum includes activities in the areas of social emotional, cognitive, physical and language development.  Preschool is Monday through Friday between the hours of 615-1730 this is a year round program.  The cost is based on total family income and the rates are posted on the FSS/CDC website.