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• Accreditations • Our Board of Directors • 2010-2011 Executive Board of Directors • About Executive Director Karen Haas-Foletta Footsteps Child Care forerly Cipriani After-School Care, Inc. (CASC, Inc.) was initiated, developed and today continues to be overseen by Executive Director Karen Haas-Foletta, a mother and education professional. The organization's roots go back to 1994, when the Belmont-Redwood Shores School district decided it would re-open Cipriani Elementary School site after being closed for more than ten years. The school district wanted on-site child care and put the child care out to bid. Karen, recognizing a need for affordable, quality child care in the area, bid on the site and opened a child care center that fall. She was running similar programs in San Francisco and modeled her new organization on the San Francisco programs with a parent/guardian board of directors. By running the site as a non-profit, the board was able to put their focus on the children, rather than the potential earnings. In 1997, CASC, Inc. was awarded a grant from Work/Family Directions to create a summer camp for middle school youth. The Belmont-Redwood Shores School District agreed to house the camp at Ralston Middle School. The "Hands-On" Science and Adventure camp was funded for three years and, as a result, many of the parents asked that the program remain open year-round. The RAMS Program was developed and opened in 1999. In 2000, parents from Central Middle School in San Carlos asked CASC, Inc. to open a program on- site. Club Central opened in September of 2000 and each year the program grows, with a capacity for 49 youth. Nesbit Club Puma opened in 2001, after families requested on-site care located at the school. The Nesbit Puma Cubs program opened in 2005, with help from start-up funding from SmartKids, the San Mateo County Child Care Facilities Expansion Fund, provided through the Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo. Accreditations
In July of 2010, both the Footsteps@Cipriani and Footsteps@Nesbit were accrediated by The Council on Accreditation (COA).
The Cipriani After-School Site achieved accreditation in 4 times by the National School-Age Care Alliance, now called the National After-School Association (NAA) and was re-accredited in 2002 and 2005. NAA Accreditation symbolizes a commitment to quality school-age care. As one of the first school-age programs in the nation to be accredited, Cipriani After-School Care, Inc. is recognized nationally as a leader in quality care for children before and after school.Nesbit Club Puma received accreditation from NAA in 2006. Our Board of Directors
Footsteps Child Care, Inc. is a non-profit organization, governed by an Executive Board of Directors. The Executive Board of Directors establishes general policies and acts as a clearinghouse for concerns affecting the entire organization. Individuals are elected to the Board of Directors. The term alternates so new members are elected at the end of each school year. Additionally, parents and guardians volunteer to serve on Site Councils. The Site Council is an advisory committee supporting the daily operation at each of our five site locations. 2010-2011 Executive Board of Directors
• Karen Haas-Foletta — Executive Director/Board Member• Julie Strehl — Board President,Ralston Site • Lisa Benner — Treasurer, Community Member • Carilee Chen — Vice President, Nesbit Puma Cubs • Kim McAleer — Secretary, Community Member • Linda Klieman — Cipriani Site • Susan Farabee — Ralston Site |
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 Karen Haas-Foletta has been a child care professional for more than 30 years. She has a BA in Psychology from Pitzer College, and holds two teaching credentials, a multi-subject and an Specialist Instruction Credential (Early Childhood Education), from Pacific Oaks College. Karen is the author of a nationally recognized book, entitled School-Age Ideas and Activities for After-School Programs, published by School-Age NOTES in 1990, and revised for publication January 2005. Karen is a consultant and presenter, both in California and nationally. She is also an endorsed trainer for the California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC). Karen has been an active member of CalSAC since 1985 and has served as board member, conference chair and consultant for accreditation. Karen was a board member for four years for the National AfterSchool Association (NAA) and has been an Accreditation Endorser since 1998. She was an Advisory Committee Member for San Mateo County CARES program, which provides stipends for child care employees. She sits on the Board of Directors for the Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County. Karen is also the co-chair for the Get Healthy San Mateo School-Age Task Force. Karen has written many successful grants for CASC, Inc. |
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