Mission Statement
The mission of Brillante Early Learning Center is to support our community by increasing the local capacity for high-quality early learning and care for student and working families, building the early childhood workforce, and serving as a hub for family and community resources.
Equity
We believe diversity strengthens our children, families, educators, and community. We value inclusion and the full participation of those with varied abilities and identities, while honoring cultural and linguistic diversity. We are committed to creating opportunities for equity and eliminating barriers to prosperity and access for people from historically-excluded and marginalized populations and acknowledge the power of starting young to create opportunity for all children.
Partnership
Our core value of partnership grows from our commitment to learning alongside children, whom we uplift as respected, intelligent, creative members of our community and who play a critical role in their own learning and relationships. Brillante will be a place where children, families, and educators can participate together through listening, dialogue, and exchange to shape rich learning opportunities and provide support. The staff at Brillante will seek partnerships for the greater good as we work to achieve positive, collective, systemic impact.
Wellness
Brillante is committed to building a thriving early childhood ecosystem, where people feel safe, healthy, supported, and whole. We value the physical, emotional, social, and cultural well-being of our children, families, staff, and community. We also work to uphold the wellness of our families by serving as a resource for support and the wellness of our staff through workforce support and professional development and compensation.
Purposeful Environments
The spaces we share play a critical role in learning. As educators we will facilitate environments where there is order and beauty in the arrangement of space, equipment, and materials. We value the natural world and the right of children to play and explore outdoors. We see early childhood as a space that bridges home and the bigger, wider world, systems, and relationships of which children are a part. We strive to create accessible, functional, nurturing, and aesthetic spaces that reflect our core values.
Play & Exploration
At Brillante we understand that learning, and STEAM learning in particular, is critical to the health of our communities and that play and exploration are critical to this kind of learning. We want children at Brillante to have experiences that are not only developmentally appropriate but also memorable, playful, and joyful. We value curiosity, creativity, flexibility, and innovation.