Northern Door Children's Center is currently pursuing accreditation of its early childhood education program through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). NAEYC is the world's largest organization of early childhood educators. They esablished the accreditation system in 1985 to raise the quality of early childhood education and help families and others identify high-quality child care centers, preschools, kindergartens, and other early childhood programs.

As Northern Door Children's Center completes this process, all aspects of the program, including health and safety, teacher qualifications, and administration will be examined. The focus of the process is on the quality of the interactions between teachers and children and the nature of the child's experience.

To earn accreditation, NDCC must comply with national standards of quality that go well beyond state health and safety requirements.

Northern Door Children's Center is on track to complete the self-study portion of the accreditation process by the fall of 2007.