step-by-step model
ChildVision Course Content
ChildVision ensures sustainability through a step-by-step model of short teaching blocks followed by practical implementation, assessment, and revision.
Year 1
The ChildVision course starts with training preschool workers to become holistic preschool teachers through three blocks of intensive three-week training during the first year. After each block, students return to their preschools and immediately put into practice what they have learnt in their daily work with children.
Year 2
The second year focuses on evaluation, assessment, mentoring, and support. During this time, students are helped to turn their preschools into sustainable small businesses, with active involvement from parents and the wider community. Families begin to contribute—through fees and by working at preschool owned businesses—and take ownership of the preschool. Within this environment of growing sustainability, which includes healthy food production, the preschool becomes a stable and supportive place for children.
In this setting, children are taught using the HighScope method of play-based learning, which helps them to become active learners who enjoy learning, think independently, and develop well across all areas of life.
Training does not stop after the initial blocks. Regular follow-up sessions (sometimes in group settings) help teachers:
- Work through real challenges
- Strengthen what they have implemented
- Stay accountable
- Grow in confidence and competence
Everything in the course is designed to be used immediately:
- Early childhood development (0–5 years)
- Nutrition and growing food sustainably
- Daily structure and learning routines
- Hygiene and care
- Basic business and management skills
Teachers learn by doing, not just by listening.
The course is rooted in a Biblical worldview. Teachers are not only trained in skills but also discipled:
- Biblical teaching is integrated into daily preschool life
- Teachers grow in their understanding of the gospel
- Parents are influenced through the teachers
- Poverty cycles influenced by negative worldviews are broken
ChildVision works beyond the preschool:
- Parents are equipped to support their children
- Communities are encouraged to take responsibility
- Local leadership is developed
- Preschools, families and communities run many small businesses
This builds long-term stability rather than dependence.
The aim is clear and practical:
- Preschools, teachers, families and communities become sustainable
- Children receive proper nutrition and early development
- Families are strengthened and at the same time strengthen the preschools
- Communities begin to function differently
And over time, this helps to break the cycle of poverty at its root—through the early years of a child’s life.
Excellence Centre
What ChildVision regards as an Excellence Centre
An Excellence Centre is not defined by buildings, funding, or external support, but by how it functions. It is a preschool that is rooted in its community, where parents are involved, take responsibility, and contribute—both financially and through their time and work. There is clear leadership, proper governance, and transparent relationships between teachers, parents, and the wider community. The centre operates with accountability, purpose, and a shared understanding of its role in serving children.
An Excellence Centre is sustainable. It does not depend primarily on donors but develops its own income through simple, practical enterprises linked to the preschool. Parents contribute through a balanced model of cash and work, and teachers earn a fair and stable income. Children receive nutritious food, strong early learning, and consistent care. The centre becomes a place where families are strengthened, small businesses are developed, and long-term change begins at a local level.
An Excellence Centre is also grounded in a clear Biblical foundation. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is taught faithfully, and both children and adults grow in their understanding of God and His Word. This shapes values, behaviour, and decision-making—moving communities away from dependency and toward responsibility, stewardship, and mutual support. In this way, the centre becomes a place of both practical and Biblical transformation, impacting not only children, but entire families and communities.