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MARC Early Learning Centre
ECE Service Category: Care and Education centre
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Ownership: This service is not-for-profit and operated by a community trust, incorporated society or association
Street or Road: 122 Mt Albert Road
Location: Auckland
Phone: 09 815 1690
Website: marcelc.co.nz
Ages of children: Licensed to care for children from infancy
Group / Centre Size: 51 or more children. This is a mega licensed early childhood centre. Check that small family-like group sizes are maintained, and not large classes. It is important for children's learning and emotional wellbeing to consistently have the same teachers everyday. No child should feel or be 'lost in the crowd'.
Qualified teaching staff: 80% to 100% of teaching staff are qualified teachers (according to funding claimed from the Ministry of Education, last updated beginning of 2020).
Shows Children that Men Can Teach and Care for Young Children Too: In 2019 the teaching team included one or more men. (Note that it is best to have gender balance with children being taught and cared for by both men and women)
Is this service HIGHLY Parent Rated?: THIS SERVICE CANNOT YET BE CLASSIFIED AS A HIGHLY RATED SERVICE. (To be so it needs to have a number of recent positive reviews - at least 5 positive if a small centre, or 10 if a mega-centre or a home-based service)
Entrant in the Hall of Excellence: Not yet
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COMPLIANCE warning: Don't worry. The recent record of this service is good! It's licence was not downgraded by the Ministry of Education in 2019 or 2020 as far as we know (if you want to check on its history before 2019 go to more info below)
Check this service's history of compliance with regulations and standards: Go to the full lists for 2020 and earlier years to check
Is this service in the Wall of Shame?: NO. As far as is known there has not been a major reported incident of the standard or ethic of care falling below what society in general considers to be acceptable
Find out more about the Wall of Shame: Wall of Shame
Education Review Office report: The last report was in 2016 and it was most positive
Ministry of Education Licence ID number: 20265
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Minimarc missed the mark
It's often easy to find fault in a childcare center, however, Minimarc was so bad we quickly decided not to put our child there. The head teacher seemed put out that we asked questions about cleaning methods, and was very short when asked if there was a learning curriculum of any sort. She said the kids learned by playing outside or some such statement. Obviously didn't like being questioned about cleanliness or education in the center.
There were under two's in a part of the building that wasn't separated from the older kids. The head teacher said something like it's good for the different aged kids to play together. Also the under two's were not supervised 100% of the time.
Outside, a young female staff member was on her phone, maybe 6 times in 3-4 minutes, while playing a CD of some song to kids. When this was mentioned to the head teacher and she said staff updated an online system / pics the center had. The staff member quickly put her phone in her pocket when the head teacher approached.
Also, a lady was supervising outside play on the gym type equipment with kids in nappies. She said it's my lunchtime and got up and left the kids there, didn't inform other teachers, or the kids, or anything.
The head teacher was upset that I might point out or question or even criticise anything in the center and said the center suits some people and others leave. I asked why do other parents take their kids out, she said different reasons, but it probably wouldn't suit me.
There were under two's in a part of the building that wasn't separated from the older kids. The head teacher said something like it's good for the different aged kids to play together. Also the under two's were not supervised 100% of the time.
Outside, a young female staff member was on her phone, maybe 6 times in 3-4 minutes, while playing a CD of some song to kids. When this was mentioned to the head teacher and she said staff updated an online system / pics the center had. The staff member quickly put her phone in her pocket when the head teacher approached.
Also, a lady was supervising outside play on the gym type equipment with kids in nappies. She said it's my lunchtime and got up and left the kids there, didn't inform other teachers, or the kids, or anything.
The head teacher was upset that I might point out or question or even criticise anything in the center and said the center suits some people and others leave. I asked why do other parents take their kids out, she said different reasons, but it probably wouldn't suit me.
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