Mission

The mission of the Becky Gates Children’s Center is to provide an exemplary, affordable, accessible early childhood education program for the children of students, staff, and faculty affiliated with Texas A&M University. We support and contribute to the Division of Student Affairs and Texas A&M University’s mission, goals and values.

Goals

• Provide children a developmentally appropriate, nurturing, stimulating, and safe early childhood environment.
• Encourage parent/teacher partnerships and involvement through two-way communication and mutual support.
• Welcome diversity in backgrounds, lifestyle, individual differences, and needs.
• Provide meaningful employment and training opportunities for students who support themselves while achieving their education.
• Serve as a model program for the early childhood community locally and nationally.
• Serve as a training, research, instructional and educational site for various university academic disciplines that incorporate child development, care, education, health and safety.