The Child Development Center will serve as a resource for the University's Early Childhood Professional Development Schools Network, as a learning lab for early childhood teacher candidates in the College of Education, and for other colleges within the University supporting student assignments and/or students/faculty research. William Paterson University employs approximately 1000 full time employees in the state who work in a variety of positions ranging from professors to administrative assistants and administrators, physical plant operations, campus police, athletics coaches, academic advisors, and more.