Dandelion Early Learners - Albany OR Certified Family Child Care

North Albany, Oregon , Albany OR 97321
(503) 927-7873
1 Review

About the Provider

Description:

Dandelion Early Learners is one of 4 State Certified Family Child Care locations within the Bedford Learning Programs family.  ​Located in the #1 neighborhood in Albany, Oregon our North Albany Home is conveniently located right off HWY 20 and North Albany Road.  We have a wonderfully large backyard with landscaping to promote imagination & discovery and inside environments created with intention and extended learning.  We always have a waiting list and our families love to give us referrals!   We are a small group providing peace of mind with Covid-19 safety procedures!  See our website for more details and schedule a tour today!    

 

Additional Information:

A Preschool That Goes Beyond Your Expectations!

​Dandelion's Preschool Program is a small group of 10 children who thrive with meaningful curriculum created to spark imagination, discovery, provocation, self-direction and self-regulation.  With an emphasis on STEAM and Literacy, your child will be academically ready and with our Conscious Discipline, they will be socially ready for Kindergarten!  Children also take advantage of hand's on learning through our science table and large garden area where predictions and investigations spark curiosity and love of learning!

Diversity & Inclusion Are Part of Every Day Curriculum

We support Diversity & Inclusion in our program by helping children to feel good about themselves, their families, and their communities, and also exposing children to differences, things that are unfamiliar, and experiences beyond their immediate lives. Teachers, children and families, have the opportunity to learn from each other as well as reflect on the world around them. They develop a deeper sense of curiosity and compassion for others. Children also talk freely about what is happening in the world around them.

Visit our website for more details!


Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: CF503225
  • Capacity: 16
  • Age Range: 1.5 Months - 12 Years
  • Rate Range Contact Us!
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Type of Care: Full-time, Part-Time
  • Transportation: Field Trips
  • District Office: Oregon Employment Department - Child Care Division
  • District Office Phone: 503-947-1400 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Reviews

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Jennifer Gliesen Nov 02, 2022
I have used this provider for more than 6 months

This post is truly meant as a public service to all families and childcare providers because I don't want anyone to EVER be treated with as much disrespect and unkindness as I and so many others have had to bear from this program.

I want to inform all parents looking for childcare and any caregivers looking for employment to please avoid Bedford Learning Programs. It is not only an unstable and unsafe place to send your children, but it is a very unhealthy and toxic environment to work in as a teacher.

Toni Bedford (Wood) is the CEO and her business practices are unethical and unlawful.

As a childcare provider, her in-home childcare locations do not meet state certification or safety standards. Her locations are not safe for your children. She does not maintain her locations to make them safe, instead covers up major issues when inspections take place.
Your children will not be in a stable environment due to the high turnover of teachers and the toxic environment for all. Nor will they be safe, due to the fact that Toni Bedford heavily discourages her staff from and even threatens her staff with disciplinary action for making reports of suspected child abuse and neglect. This is illegal and highly dangerous. Her staff are mandatory reporters and it is illegal to prevent or coerce them from making reports of this nature. She allows child abuse to occur in her program and does nothing about it.

Her staff are clearly shamefully disrespected and mistreated and overworked. She does not respect her staff's rights and does not fairly compensate them for the time and effort they give to her company. She does not follow state mandated requirements for employees. She changes the schedule frequently as standard practice, often with less than 24 hours or even 12 hours notice to staff. She forces her employees to work at every location at random and on short notice, even when they do not agree to it. She threatens and coerces compliance. She steals money from her staff's paychecks and is suspected of other financial dishonesty. The turnover rate is extremely high, due to her standard practice of mistreating her staff. Any concern or issue raised by an employee is quickly and unprofessionally dismissed as drama or gossip from disgruntled employees. Even when it is far from being gossip and regards the safety of students and staff.

Toni Bedford is completely unprofessional and extremely discriminatory against staff and families that she "serves". She refuses families and staff from entering her program if they are of a certain class, nationality, or language. She makes it a standard practice to bad mouth and gossip about her employees and families. She is racist, classist, and narcissistic.

Please keep yourself and your family safe by avoiding her business altogether.

Her locations are:

Dandelion Early Learners, Albany.
Dragonfly Learners, Albany.
Play and Wonder, Albany.
Corvallis Early Learning, Corvallis.
Bethany Early Learning, Portland.

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