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INFORMATION FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS

We provide training and resources for child care professionals on a wide variety of subjects that support their professional development.

Services for Child Care Providers include:

Training Sessions, Courses and Conferences
Infant/Toddler Priority Outreach
Parents as Teachers
RISE Assistance to Accreditation
Early Learning Resource Center and Library and Resource Van

Training Sessions, Courses and Conferences

We provide 90% of all training available to child care teachers and directors in central Alabama. The trainings we offer cover a variety of subjects including administration, safety, literacy, discipline, classroom makeovers and everything in between. The July-September 2010 Training Post lists our quarterly training opportunities.

Infant/Toddler Priority Outreach

The Infant Toddler Outreach program offers free training, one-on-one consultations, program assessments, developmental screenings and classroom stipends to child care centers that want to improve the quality of care in their infant and toddler classrooms. Contact Dawn Allen at (205) 252-1991 ext. 313 or e-mail dallen@ccr-bhm.org for more information. To apply for participation, please download the application.

Parents as Teachers

The Parents as Teachers program is a parent education and family support program that offers personal visits, parent group meetings, vision and hearing screenings, and a resource network for families throughout pregnancy until their child enters kindergarten. Contact Kimberly Kornman Farr at (205) 252-1991 ext. 329 or e-mail at kkornman@ccr-bhm.org for more information. To apply for participation, please download the application.

RISE Assistance to Accreditation

RISE (Reaching Improvement through Self-Evaluation) offers free training, one-on-one consultations, program assessments, and classroom stipends to child care programs interested in working towards reaching national accreditation standards and improving the quality of early care they offer at their child care center. Contact Valerie Wyatt at (205) 252-1991 ext. 330 or vwyatt@ccr-bhm.org for more information. To apply for participation in RISE download the application.

Early Learning Resource Center and Library and Resource Van

The Early Learning Resource Library and Teacher Resource Van offers an array of resources and services for early care educators that include children’s books, thematic unit boxes, musical CD’s and tapes, teacher resource books, video’s, puppet story book kits, research on early childhood topics, die-cuts, and laminating for classrooms. Contact Beverly Cook at (205) 252-1991 ext. 315 or bcook@ccr-bhm.org for more information.