Chicago · Licensed center
Academy For Global Citizenship
- Medium developmental center, licensed for 80 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at its 1 licensing inspection, in January 2026.
Of the 55 Chicago-area centers with 1 licensing inspection, 82% had rules cited at it, as this center did. 18% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
Jan 22, 20263 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Read every record and the state’s reports
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.
Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
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.”
Who cares for your child
Saskia Rombouts (Lower School Principal (Grades PreK-3)) since 2010 and Berenice Salas (Upper School Principal (Grades 4-8)) since 2010.
Of 5,339 Chicago-area providers, 26 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of sixteen years.
Details
- Website
- agcchicago.org
- Address
- 4942 W 44th St
- License
- license issued (il)
- Ages they serve
- ages 3-5
- Established
- 2023
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 agcchicago.org
Who cares for your child
- Staff agcchicago.org
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. 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
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.