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Siskin Early Learning Center - East Brainerd

Siskin Early Learning Center - East Brainerd opened in August 2008 as our second child care center and preschool in Chattanooga. Much like our downtown location, the center in East Brainerd provides an inclusive learning experience for children of all abilities ages 6 weeks to pre-K.

About Siskin Early Learning Center-East Brainerd

Low teacher-student ratios
An individualized learning approach valuing each child's interests, abilities and needs
Curriculum emphasizing early literacy, creative arts and technology
Enrichment opportunities such as a weekly Creative Movement class by Ballet Tennessee
Additional parent resources and services offered through the Siskin Outreach and Resource Center

Enrollment
The East Brainerd center has a larger ratio of typically developing children than our downtown location.

Center Leadership
Shelia Garner serves as the center's Site Director. She joined the Institute from the Hamilton County Department of Education, where she served as the Exceptional Education Lead Teacher over the department's system-wide programs. Shelia is a certified special education teacher in Tennessee with more than 30 years experience, and she holds a master's degree in special education from Tennessee Technological University.

Siskin Early Learning Center - East Brainerd

1602 Gunbarrel Road
Chattanooga, TN 37421
423.643.4059

Shelia Garner, Director of the Early Learning Center - East Brainerd

Siskin Early Learning Centers are funded through Siskin Children's Institute, and through contracts with the State of Tennessee and the Hamilton County Department of Education.

Siskin Children's Institute seeks to affirm the dignity and worth of every person. It is, therefore, the policy of the Institute to practice and ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all constituents with respect to race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, political belief, socio-economic status, age, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. The Institute promotes the full realization of this policy through all organizational practices including admission and participation in programs and services.