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To improve community health and wellness, access to care for all, and support for physicians through engaged volunteerism. Addressing the unanswered healthcare needs of low-income and uninsured San Diego County residents.

The organization was founded in 1968 as the Association for Medical & Paramedical Education and Research (AMPER) by the leadership of the San Diego County Medical Society and in 2004 became the San Diego County Medical Society Foundation (SDCMSF) to address the needs of the medically underserved. In 2016, SDCMSF was rebranded to Champions for Health with the vision of Physicians Improving Health, Changing Lives. Champions For Health addresses the unanswered healthcare needs of low-income and uninsured San Diego County residents. Champions for Health has garnered much support since 2004, and has provided a coordinated vehicle for physician engagement and volunteerism. Physicians help us change lives doing what they love to do: caring for their patients.

The Child Development Center at MiraCosta College serves as a campus-based child development program providing both academic instruction to students enrolled in child development/early childhood education courses and childcare services to student, staff, and community families. Providing demonstration classrooms to the college community, our program offers a model of best practice in early childhood education while providing students learning opportunities through observation and on-floor interactions with young children and their families.

The Child Development Center is strongly committed to a play-based approach to early learning (as outlined within the Preschool Learning Foundations and the Preschool Curriculum Framework published by the California State Department of Education). The framework for our curriculum development incorporates careful attention to design of the environment (with a focus on interest centers), developmentally appropriate practices (DAP), purposeful planning, and accurate assessment of learning outcomes. Teachers use a variety of ways to observe and document the interests and abilities of each and every child in their charge, and develop curriculum that is responsive to individual child interests. Teachers assess children's learning using a variety of tools (including the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) designed to provide children with a seamless transition to kindergarten), incorporate this information in their planning for learning, and explicitly communicate the outcom es of such ongoing assessment with classroom families.

Elements of the Reggio Emilia approach to learning are incorporated within our program philosophy and these directly influence curriculum development and child assessment.

Children's Paradise Inc. offers technologically advanced and innovative infant, toddler, and preschool centers. Using research-based curriculum, we build a creative classroom environment that sparks imagination and fosters a deep desire to learn within the heart of your child. Certified by The San Diego County Office of Education! 

We Feed Inquisitive Minds!

Children's Paradise Inc. offers technologically advanced and innovative infant, toddler, and preschool centers. Using research-based curriculum, we build a creative classroom environment that sparks imagination and fosters a deep desire to learn within the heart of your child. Certified by The San Diego County Office of Education! 

We Feed Inquisitive Minds!

Children's Paradise Inc. offers technologically advanced and innovative infant, toddler, and preschool centers. Using research-based curriculum, we build a creative classroom environment that sparks imagination and fosters a deep desire to learn within the heart of your child. Certified by The San Diego County Office of Education! 

We Feed Inquisitive Minds!

Children's Paradise Inc. offers technologically advanced and innovative infant, toddler, and preschool centers. Using research-based curriculum, we build a creative classroom environment that sparks imagination and fosters a deep desire to learn within the heart of your child. Certified by The San Diego County Office of Education! 

We Feed Inquisitive Minds!

Our vision is that all students will graduate college and career ready, prepared to be responsible global citizens and ambitious future leaders. We will ensure our vision is actualized by making decisions based on our values. We will put students first: our students are our highest priority. What’s best for students guides our decision-making every day. We will ensure we have respectful relationships: strong, respectful relationships are the cornerstone of quality educational experiences. Students and adults are valued and will consistently show integrity, compassion, and respect. We will create systems that provide for educational equity: every student receives the academic, social, and emotional support needed to succeed. Resources are allocated to eradicate persistent achievement and opportunity gaps. And we will engage in purposeful collaboration: we will create purposeful and collaborative learning environments that inspire students and adults to achieve their highest potential.

Must be enrolled in BIOT 498 and a participant in the CIRM: Bridges to Stem Cell Research Program

Defined Bioscience is a San Diego-based company focused on making robust, fully-defined, high-quality ingredients for stem cell culture, with applications in the life science, biopharmaceutical,...

Must be enrolled in BIOT 498 and a participant in the CIRM: Bridges to Stem Cell Research Program

Every cure has a starting point. The Salk Institute embodies Jonas Salk’s mission to dare to make dreams into reality. Its internationally renowned and award-winning scientists explore the very...

Must be enrolled in BIOT 498 and a participant in the CIRM: Bridges to Stem Cell Research Program

Scripps Research mission is to expand basic knowledge in the biosciences, and use these fundamental advancements to develop profound innovations that improve wellbeing. Our researchers lead breakthrough...

Must be enrolled in BIOT 498 and a participant in the CIRM: Bridges to Stem Cell Research Program

Industry Type: Non-Profit

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