Professional Development Opportunities
At Child Care Resource we believe that professional development is key to your experience as a care giver and to the quality of the child care you offer. Our workshops cover a wide variety of topics including observing children's behavior, parents as customers, new activity ideas and "hot topics" in the field of child care. Remember: The State of Vermont requires a minimum of six hours a year of training for all registered child care providers and twelve hours for child care providers working in licensed programs. Protective Service providers need an additional six hours each year. You are responsible for keeping track of your training hours.

Workshops:

Winter 2010 Workshop Schedule- click here. 

These workshops began January 5, 2010 and run through the end of March, 2010. If you wish to print out only the registration form with the list of fees and mail it in with your payment, click here. Please call ahead to see if the workshop you are interested in still has space. (802) 863-3367.

Interested in pursuing your Child Development Associate (CDA)?

We offer the following Courses that can be used to fulfill the

120 training hours required:

Child Development - The "30 Hour Course" - (not available again until January, 2011. Instead, you may take the Fundamentals 45-hour course which begins in March).

(Child Development is the 1st course in a series of 4) Both courses meets the State of Vermont licensing requirements for childcare assistants in the first year of employment in a licensed center.  They also accept a higher education course (minimum 3 credits) in early childhood development.

Creating an Environment for Learning (began January 6, 2010; next course offering in September, 2010)

(2nd course in a series of 4)

Essential Elements of Curriculum (begins April 7, 2010). This course will be held at Burlington Children's Space on North Winooski Avenue in Burlington, and is being taught by Heather Duhamel.

(3rd course in a series of 4)

Program Planning (began January 6, 2010; next course offering in September, 2010) (4th course in a series of 4)

Fundamentals for Early Childhood Professionals (this is a 45-hour course, beginning on March 15, 2010, and is mainly held on Wednesday evenings, with the exception of a few Monday nights added in). This course is being taught by Robin Ploof, and will be held at Child Care Resource from 6-9 p.m.

(This course also qualifies as the course required by the State of VT childcare licensing requiremtns for childcare assistants in licensed centers and can also be used toward CDA training hours)

These courses usually run for 10 weeks, 3 hours a week, and are currently being held on Wednesday evenings, 6-9 p.m.. (Workshop training hours also can be used to achieve the CDA credential, as long as they meet the hour requirements in each of the eight CDA subject areas needed. Please call Child Care Resource (802) 863-3367 and ask for someone in our Professional Development Department who can offer you more information and support as you pursue your CDA.

Other Professional Development Information and Opportunities:

All Star Seminars for 2010

Creating an Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP)

Accreditation and Professional Credentialing Programs

Support Groups and Associations

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