Chicago · Licensed center

Academy For Global Citizenship

What these mean, and where they come from

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.

How they teach

Developmental

“Central to our philosophy are also the believe in bilingualism and bi-literacy for all, critical thinking through a rigorous IB framework, placed-based learning (indoors & outdoors!), justice-centered teaching and truly teaching to the whole child by focusing not just on the academics, but also nutritional and health needs of our students.”In their words, August 2026.agcchicago.org

One of 20 Chicago-area providers that describe a developmental approach, out of 129 that describe any approach at all.

Who cares for your child

Ratio not published

Saskia Rombouts (Lower School Principal (Grades PreK-3)) since 2010 and Berenice Salas (Upper School Principal (Grades 4-8)) since 2010. One other staff is named on their site, with no start year given.

Of 5,346 Chicago-area providers, 27 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of sixteen years.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 1 of 1 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits. One visit is too few to read as a pattern.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 22, 2026
On file
1 visit, January 2026 — it cited findings
Fixed?
Correction was due February 22, 2026. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 22, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 633753 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

7735821100

Website
agcchicago.org
Address
4942 W 44th St
License
license issued (il)
Ages they serve
ages 3-5
Established
2023

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State record

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Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ACADEMY FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP" under Provider Name and 60638 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 633753).
  • Website — Checked August 2026 agcchicago.org
  • Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 agcchicago.org
  • Established — Checked August 2026 agcchicago.org