The Child Development Center
The Old Dominion University Child Development Center is a full-service, full-time program offering quality care for children ages six weeks through kindergarten. In each of seven classrooms, a lead teacher is assisted by practicum students from early childhood and other academic areas of study. The lead teacher is a master's level professional, trained to be knowledgeable about and attentive to the individual needs of children. Teacher aides also are employed to work in the center and are chosen from students in various disciplines who are trained and interested in working with young children. The Child Development Center provides care for children 48 weeks of the year - from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and is housed in two locations: 1520 West 48th Street (the five classes for younger children) and the Child Study Center on 45th Street (the two classes for the oldest children).Mission Statement:
Old Dominion University's primary purpose in the children's programs at the Child Development and Child Study Centers is to train teacher candidates and provide a setting for research conducted by the university community. A secondary mission is to provide exemplary child care for the greater Hampton Roads community.Admissions Policy:
Parents who are interested in enrolling their child in the Child
Development Center are asked to fill out a form to put him/her in the
admission pool. The form is stamped with the date when it is turned into
the office. When a child leaves the Center, first preference is given to
a child currently enrolled in the next youngest room, who is
developmentally ready to move up. When all movement within the Center has
taken place, it is determined which room/s have the vacancies.
The admission pool will then be consulted for children from a diverse
population who are the appropriate age for the opening we have available.
The position would be offered to the child who has been in the pool the
longest and who is the appropriate age, using the following priorities as
of December 2007:
1. ODU faculty or staff
2. Sibling of current student at the Child Development Center
3. ODU alumni or student
4. Community at large
To obtain the form to put your child in the admission pool, please email BettyAnne Ward at bward@odu.edu.
Parent Handbook
You may download the parent handbook in PDF format here.
Substitute Teachers Policy and Application
You may download the substitute teachers policy and application in PDF format here.
Faculty
| Name | Area | Contact |
| Sharon Judge, Ph.D. | Interim Director | |
| BettyAnne Ward | Admin Ass't | bward@odu.edu |
| Erin Kane, M.S. Ed. | Infants | ekane@odu.edu |
| Yoshiko Matsuda, M.S.Ed. | Waddlers | ymatsuda@odu.edu |
| Heather Powers, M.S.Ed. | Toddlers | hpowers@odu.edu |
| Christy Brown-John, M.S.Ed. | Pre-School I | cmbrown@odu.edu |
| Lauren Florin, M.S. Ed. | Pre-School II | lflorin@odu.edu |
| Cleteus Smith, M.S.Ed. | Pre-Kindergarten | cdsmith@odu.edu |
| Catherine Donaghy-Smith, M.S.Ed. | Kindergarten | cdonaghy@odu.edu |