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Meet the Director
Owner / Director
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Barbra Mastrota
PRECIOUS PEOPLE LEARNING CENTER opened for business in January 1984.
The Center is owned and operated by Barbra and Pino Mastrota who relocated to Florida from England in 1995. The school was purchased by the Mastrota Family in 1998. Barbra and Pino have two children. Leigh who serves in The United States Coast Guard, currently stationed in Alexandria, D.C and Antonietta a current student moving onto college.
Barbra Mastrota's credentials include and a CDA for Child Care Center Operations, a CDA for Early Childhood Education, Director Credential - Foundation Level, CDA Equivalent - Child Care Operations. Education and completion of the mandated Department Of Children & Family 40 clock hours including 30 more hours for infant and toddler, special needs, and owner - operator classes. Department Of Education - Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Standards, Department Of Education - Emergent Literacy in the VPK Classroom. First aid and CPR are also kept current. Barbra is currently studying to complete a Bachelor's in Early Childhood at St. Petersburg College, Clearwater. Barbra continues further education throughout the year to maintain her credentials and further her career in Early Childhood Education.
Barbra has also sat on the Pinellas County License Board for childcare centers for two years as an advisory board member, and for a further for four years as a voting Board Member for child care licensed centers. Barbra is also the current Board Advisor for the Pinellas Early Childhood Association and has sat on their board for 10 years in various board positions. She is also an advisor for Keiser College.
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Our Mission
Our mission is to provide the best possible quality of care in a clean, safe and loving educational environment. We believe that education is paramount and will be conveyed through our philosophy, teachers and curriculum.
Philosophy & Goal
We believe…….
- Each child is unique. We should respect, realize and appreciate the differences.
- We must provide an environment that will give each child love security and a means of learning exploration and discovery on a level of success for him/her.
- Learning should be made an enjoyable and rewarding experience and should not place pressure on a child.
- Materials and methods should be varied to result in success for the child.
- The four most important behaviors of parents and teachers are Love, Honesty, Fairness and Consistency.
- That by attending to and complimenting the good behavior and by ignoring the negative, we can increase the positive.
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The Center’s philosophy has always been to provide a setting for pre-school age children that foster learning and acceptable social behavior in a loving and caring environment. Our teachers are carefully selected for their ability to relate to children in a positive way. We believe that learning can be fun and practice this at Precious People Learning Center through activities that utilize music, arts & crafts, self expression and creative free play.
The Center uses a spiral curriculum that is derived from a monthly theme that incorporates the number, color, shape and letter and carried out throughout the various age groups at their appropriate level. This provides consistency and uniformity for the children. Our curriculum will include four elements monthly, bi-weekly, and weekly depending on age group. The elements are defined as a number, color, shape, and letter introduced into circle time twice daily. Our circle time consists of the four elements, literacy, at least two finger plays, at least two flannel board stories and our monthly theme unit. Spanish is integrated daily into our curriculum.
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