Learning Empowered

Learning Empowered's early learning centers support early childhood development and school readiness. There are 3 Centers for early learning that exemplify the quality components that are proven to start children on their lifelong journey of learning and growing. All Centers are licensed by the Pinellas County Child Care Licensing. Staff have professional qualifications, including bachelor's degrees and Child Development Associate degrees. All classrooms have age appropriate group sizes and ratios. Family engagement involves the adult members and siblings of each child in the life of the center and provides them with needed information and skills to reach family goals of stability, education, and interaction. Our centers use evidence-based curriculum, the Creative Curriculum, that has been proven successful in preparing children for kindergarten. Our centers have quality environments and provide a rich learning environment with a variety of activities and learning centers that engage children's imaginations. Our Centers also focus on DEI, cultural competence and educational equity. We demonstrate daily that all members of the center, staff, families and community are valued and celebrated as unique and valued.

Learning Empowered's Citizenship and Integration Program provides students seeking United States citizenship with all of the preparation they need to be successful throughout the naturalization process. Adult students are screened for eligibility, provided with English language classes, study US history and government, practice interviewing, and complete naturalization applications. Legal services are provided by lawyers and BIA accredited representatives, while educational services are provided by experience teachers. Services are offered throughout the Tampa Bay area including Pinellas, Manatee, and Hillsborough counties. Learning Empowered supports over 100 families each year achieve their citizenship and integration goals.

Learning Empowered's Children of the World preschool is a unique preschool designed specifically to enable the children of immigrants and refugees to learn English language, develop social skills, and integrate cultures through the use of Creative Curriculum and a variety of program components that support children and families. Currently, children enrolled in the school represent families from over a dozen different countries. The curriculum was intentionally created to remain responsive to each child and family's ethic, cultural, and linguistic heritage. Family members have access to life skills development through Learning Empowered's family literacy program, including English (ESOL) classes, civics classes, and citizenship test preparation.